Center for New Words

Media’s Mixed Messages to Women
Caryl Rivers
March 29, 2009
01:21:05
Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett discuss current research on women and work, which finds that the mass media proliferates messaging that is in extreme conflict with the reality of women's lives.
Women’s Voices and Visions on Film
Melissa Silverstein
March 28, 2009
01:07:14
Melissa Silverstein, Deborah Kampmeier, Emily Abt, and Thato Rantao Mwosa discuss statistics from the Center for the Study of Women in TV and Film stating that in 2008, only 9% of the top grossing films were directed by women.
So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood
Jean Kilbourne
November 20, 2008
01:02:09
Jean Kilbourne and Diane Levin discuss their new book, So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids.
Men and Feminism: Seal Studies
Shira Tarrant
May 26, 2009
00:47:43
Shira Tarrant, an expert in gender politics, feminism, pop culture, and masculinity, addresses the question of why men should care about feminism in the first place.
Cynthia Lopez: WAM! 2009 Keynote
Cynthia Lopez
March 28, 2009
01:00:49
Cynthia Lopez, vice president of American Documentary's P.O.V., delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Women, Action & the Media conference.
Danya Ruttenberg: Surprised By God
Danya Ruttenberg
September 4, 2008
01:00:56
Danya Ruttenberg reads from her novel Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion. At thirteen, Ruttenberg (editor of Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism), decided that she was an atheist.
Full Frontal Feminism
Jessica Valenti
May 14, 2007
00:59:35
Jessica Valenti provides young women a primer on why feminism matters with her new book, Full Frontal Feminism. Feminism isn't dead. It just isn't very cool anymore.
Sexuality and the Internet
Audacia Ray
June 7, 2007
00:30:42
Audacia Ray argues that the internet as a valuable, though often problematic, sexual space. Few things are more misunderstood and cause more fear and suspicion than the combination of female sexuality and the Internet.