Category Archives: Women in Media
Tamar Gargle Visit, January 13, 2014
On January 13, Sophia, Bella, Daria and I went to ABC News to talk to Tamar Gargle. Lexi wasn’t feeling well, so she stayed at school. [...]
Martha Brooks Interview, December 17, 2013
On December 17, My group and I ventured up to McCann Worldgroup, to visit Martha Brooks at the L’Oreal advertisement agency. We quickl [...]
Crystal Renn Interview, December 12, 2013
On December 12, my group had an interview with the model Crystal Renn at a coffee shop. Early in her career, Ms. Renn developed the eating d [...]
Paley Center for Media
My group and I visited The Paley Center For Media where we met Rebekah Fitz and participated in a Women in the Media class. Rebekah told u [...]
Class at the Paley Center on Women’s Portrayal in the Media, 1/27/14
On Monday, January 27, my social justice group doubled up with the sexual violence group to go to a class at the Paley center about women’ [...]
Interview with Tamar Gargle, Director of Graphics Operations at ABC News, 1/13/14
Today our group went to ABC News to interview Tamar Gargle, and get a tour of their workspace. We took the one train to 66th street, where A [...]
Interview with Martha Brooks, L’Oreal Executive Creative Director, 12/17/13
On December 17, my social justice group and I went to the advertising center of L’Oreal to meet with a creative director for their adv [...]
Interview with Crystal Renn, 12/12/13
On December 12, my social justice group and I went to Jacks to talk with a model who is considered plus sized named Crystal Renn. Crystal wa [...]
Samantha Levine Interview, December 10, 2013
On December 10, my group went to City Hall to meet with Samantha Levine. She worked for the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg. Ms. [...]
Interview with Samantha Levine, I’m a Girl Campaign, 12/10/13
On December 10, my social justice group and I went to meet with Samantha Levine who works for city hall. Samantha was the second person we i [...]
Interview with Iman Abdulmajid, 11/25/13
On November 25, my social justice group and I met in a cafe near school with Iman Abdulmajid. Iman said in her early years she was a refugee [...]
Iman Abdulmajid Interview, November 25, 2013
On November 25, we interviewed Iman Abdulmajid, the former model who now has a top selling line of make up advertised for women of color. We [...]
Wadjda, November 19, 2013
On Tuesday, November 19, my group went to see the film Wadjda. It is about a ten year old girl living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This film was [...]
Watched Wadjda, a movie playing at the Village East Cinema, 11/19/13
On November 19, my social justice group and I went to see the film Wadjda, the first movie directed by a Saudi Arabian woman with a fully Sa [...]
Denis Ahlgrim Interview, November 12, 2013
On November 12, my social justice group and I had an interview with Denis Ahlgrim, the designer of the “I’m a Girl” Camp [...]
Elizabeth Irwin High School Day of the Girl Assembly, September 2013
In the beginning of the school year, I and the rest of my social justice group went with the other women’s group to listen to an assem [...]
Interview with Dennis Ahlgrim, I’m a Girl Campaign, 11/12/13
On Tuesday, November 12th, I and the other five members of the Women in the media, and women’s self-esteem group met and had an interview [...]
Elisabeth Irwin High School “Day of the Girl” Assembly, September, 2013
In September we went to a “Day of the Girl” assembly at Elisabeth Irwin High School. I learned a lot about my civil rights topic [...]
Girls Just Like Us
Hi, we’re Girls Just LIke Us, an eighth grade group from LREI fighting to get respect for women in the media. Women and girls ar [...]
