- Wednesday, September 21, 2011
- 7:00 PM–8:30 PM
- Covenant Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
In this highly anticipated update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and television ads to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes -- images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty, perfection, and sexuality. Killing Us Softly 4 stands to challenge a new generation of students to take advertising seriously, and to think critically about popular culture and its relationship to sexism, eating disorders, and gender violence. Cosponsored by SAO, SAPT and Gender Studies.
Watch trailer on YouTube
Film 45 minutes, with discussion following.
