We’re Raising Girls Who Hate Their Bodies

by | Dec 5, 2013 | Blog

Sandra Hawken Diaz VP, Marketing and Communications, Canadian Women’s Foundation Every day, our daughters are bombarded with lies. They see these lies everywhere; they are never free of them. They see them on billboards, in TV ads, in movies, in magazines, in...

Sexy Lies: Share Widely

by | Feb 9, 2013 | Blog, Media Exploitation Gallery

Finally, a beautiful young woman who will be able to make this lesson stick. Thank You Caroline Heldman especially for quoting much of lines Media Watch has used for decades about the importance of recognizing sexual objectification and, of course, the END.. which I...

Victoria’s Secret Underwear

by Ann Simonton | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog

Feminist group leaves consent-themed panties in Victoria’s Secret stores to protest ‘culture of rape’ and company themes it finds problematic FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, which has a website spoofing Victoria’s Secret that pretends to offer consent-themed panties,...

Fame & Lust in Internet Age

by | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog

A Rowdy Tale, Told by Cellphone Cameras By STEPHEN HOLDEN From its opening scene, in which a potty-mouthed young stripper masturbates for a paying audience through her bedroom webcam, “King Kelly,” Andrew Neel’s furious satire of fame lust in the Internet age, made me...

Cosmetic Surgery: Going Too Far?

by | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog

When plastic surgery is used to repair bodily harm or birth defects it clearly makes sense to everyone. Media Watch is wondering at what point should the American Medical Association step in to stop doctors who exploit people’s self-hate and insecurity about how...