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Asking For ItThe Ethics & Erotics of Sexual ConsentOffers a unique take on the problem of sexual assault, one that complicates the issue even as it clarifies that consent must always be explicitly granted, never simply assumed. more... |
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Billionaires' Tea Party, TheHow Corporate America is Faking a Grassroots RevolutionExamines how corporate elites are exploiting the anxieties of ordinary Americans to advance a narrow, often anti-democratic, agenda. more... |
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Bro Code, TheHow Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist MenNow Available Takes aim at the forces in male culture that condition boys and men to dehumanize and disrespect women. more... |
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Five FriendsNow Available! Beautifully shot, Five Friends follows a 65-year-old man and his 5 closest friends as they navigate and reflect on success, conflict, marriage, divorce, fatherhood, children, and dying. more... |
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Gloucester 18, TheThe Realities of Teen PregnancyIn 2008, 18 high school girls were accused of making a pact to become pregnant. This film looks behind the headlines and hype and explores the complicated challenges faced by pregnant teens. more... |
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Latinos Beyond ReelChallenging a Media StereotypeIn Production! Uncovers simultaneous patterns of gross misrepresentation and under-representation of Latinos in mass media. more... |
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Life in Occupied PalestineEyewitness Stories & PhotosNow Available! Anna Baltzer, the Jewish-American granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, documents her experience as a volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service in the West Bank. more... |
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Not Just a GamePower, Politics & American SportsDave Zirin demonstrates how gender, race, and politics intersect with sports. more... |
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Returning FireInterventions in Video Game CultureA new documentary about video game violence that forces all of us -- gamers and non-gamers alike -- to think critically about what it means when the tools of war become forms of consumer play. more... |
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The Purity MythThe Virginity Movement's War Against WomenNow Available! Pioneering feminist blogger Jessica Valenti targets the myth that the worth of a woman depends on what she does or does not do sexually. more... |
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Understanding Hookup CultureWhat's Really Happening on College CampusesThis lecture by Stanford University's Paula England, a leading researcher in the sociology of gender, examines the phenomenon of hooking up. more... |
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Codes of Gender, TheIdentity and Performance in Pop CultureCommunication scholar Sut Jhally applies the late sociologist Erving Goffman's groundbreaking analysis of advertising to the contemporary commercial landscape. more... |
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Consuming KidsThe Commercialization of ChildhoodThe explosive growth of the youth marketing industry, and how it is undermining children and childhood. more... |
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Dreamworlds 3 (Unabridged)Desire, Sex & Power in Music VideoSut Jhally's groundbreaking analysis of music videos: how they reflect, and shape, our ideas about gender, sexuality, and race. Important to any study of women in the media. more... |
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Generation MMisogyny in Media & CultureHow negative, hateful attitudes toward women and femininity are being perpetuated at the very heart of American popular culture. more... |
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Hip-Hop (Unabridged)Beyond Beats & RhymesAs seen on PBS and at Sundance, a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. more... |
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Killing Us Softly 4Advertising's Image of WomenJean Kilbourne's groundbreaking analysis of women in the media, focusing on advertising's depiction of women and femininity. more... |
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Mean World Syndrome, TheMedia Violence & the Cultivation of FearA new film based on the late George Gerbner's groundbreaking analysis of media influence and media violence. more... |
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Mickey Mouse MonopolyDisney, Childhood & Corporate PowerA critical examination of Disney films and the stories they tell about race, gender, and class. more... |
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Spin the BottleSex, Lies & AlcoholMedia literacy experts Jackson Katz & Jean Kilbourne on how contemporary pop culture glamorizes binge drinking and the high-risk behaviors it can lead to. more... |
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The LineThe Line is a powerful, personal narrative about the terrible reality of rape and sexual violence -- and the more complicated and ambivalent ways sexual assault is often framed and understood in the wider culture. more... |
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Tough Guise (Unabridged)Violence, Media & the Crisis in MasculinityJackson Katz's pioneering and influential examination of how American popular culture glorifies violent masculinity. more... |
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Killing ScreensMedia & the Culture of ViolenceOnly $15! George Gerbner explores the psychological, political, social, and developmental consequences of a violent cultural environment. more... |
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Material Witness (VHS)Race, Identity and the Politics of Gangsta RapVHS Sale $10! Michael Eric Dyson combines critical theory with an appreciation of popular culture, rap lyrics with classical poetry, and anecdotes of personal history with a sweeping geo-political analysis. more... |
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Media & Health SeriesDiscounted pricing for institutional customers. Buy these seven videos as a series & save 25%! more... |
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