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What’s behind the beauty mask?
Simonton reveals a few of the hidden costs concerning our beauty standard. They include eating disorders, cosmetic surgery, and the torment of trying to fit into a system that rewards conformity and punishes diversity |
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What effect does commercial media have on free speech and democracy?
Simonton discusses how children as young as 9 months are being targeted by advertising firms without clear knowledge of the effect of this early indoctrination. U.S. TV airs 19 minutes of commercials during every prime time hour, which is unprecedented elsewhere in the world. Today, vital news information is controlled and commercially packaged by only 6 global media corporations. |
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Is it possible to advocate for free speech and also oppose pornography?
Simonton offers an eye opening analysis of the body hatred present in our sexually repressed culture and the integral part it plays in the success of pornography’s 10 billion dollar a year industry |
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What is the result of
glamorizing male violence?
This lecture critically explores the violent masculinity sold to boys and men today. Most media implies that manhood must include toughness, physical strength, and the gaining of respect through violence, or the implicit threat of it. Men and boys deserve a way out of the narrow strictures of traditional masculinity. Our culture despises vulnerability doing all it can to degrade human intimacy and connection, a trend Simonton strives to change. |
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| Our goal is to motivate students to use their First Amendment Rights through education and action, not censorship. Media Watch’s work has inspired thousands to take a stance against media bias. The protests have garnered global news coverage and her work has been documented in The New York Times, Life, London Observer, Ms., Mother Jones, Sports Illustrated, and Germany’s Emma and Stern. |
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ANN JOSEPHINE SIMONTON
is not a super model any longer. Instead of helping to create illusions, she now works to expose them. Simonton’s gripping presentation confronts issues of corporate ownership, gender, violence, and sexual intimacy. Simonton challenges the media monopolies’ domination of the air waves and Internet that, in a true democracy, should belong to the public.
Ann Simonton is the founder and director of MediaWatch, a nonprofit media literacy organization. She has written and produced media literacy videos that are used in schools and universities throughout North America. Her video, Don’t Be a TV, received the Silver Apple Award from the National Educational Video and Film Festival. Simonton has spoken at hundreds of universities including Brown, Dartmouth, Yale, and Stanford. She has been a guest on a variety of television shows including Oprah, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Crossfire, Donahue and Entertainment Tonight. Her autobiographical stories have been published by Harper & Row in I Never Told Anyone and Her Wits About Her. She has been arrested and jailed 11 times for her courageous, non-violent and often humorous protests.
“Simonton gave a very honest look at the inequalities and discrimination found in the media...her program was excellent.”
 
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