[ June 10, 2009; 19:30 to 21:30. 19:30 to 21:30. 19:30 to 21:30. ] “Sex and the Cinema” is a series of film screenings which explore issues of sex and gender, followed by a discussion (no academic knowledge required!). These screenings are also completely FREE.

[ May 27, 2009; 19:30 to 21:30. ] “Sex and the Cinema” is a series of film screenings which explore issues of sex and gender, followed by a discussion (no academic knowledge required!). These screenings are also completely FREE.

[ May 19, 2009; 17:00 to 19:00. ] Ever wonder why images of ethnic minority women in film and media are often reduced to stereotypes or simply pushed into the background to the point of invisibility?

[ May 13, 2009; 19:30 to 21:30. 19:30 to 21:30. 19:30 to 21:30. 19:30 to 21:30. ] “Sex and the Cinema” is a series of film screenings which explore issues of sex and gender, followed by a discussion (no academic knowledge required!). These screenings are also completely FREE.

[ April 29, 2009; 19:30 to 21:30. ] “Sex and the Cinema” is a series of film screenings which explore issues of sex and gender, followed by a discussion (no academic knowledge required!). This week we’re watching classic “battle of the sexes” comedy *Adam’s Rib* (1949).

Borrowing heavily from Pat Kirkham and Janet Thumin (editors of You Tarzan, Masculinity, Movies and Men), I would say that the qualities asserted or assumed in the construction of masculine characters, either to establish them as role models or out of a conscious concern with an interrogation of masculinity, are mainly based on four main [...]

[ March 9, 2009; 20:00 to 22:00. ] This event is supported by the OUSU Women’s Campaign, Hands Up For Darfur, Oxford University Amnesty International, and the Oxford Students’ Oxfam Group

I’ve been thinking a lot about representation and cinema leading up to the Oscars this Sunday (details forthcoming!), especially the way that films like Brokeback Mountain and Milk are billed as gay blockbusters, or films like Sicko or An Inconvenient Truth are used for political leverage, or people endlessly debate whether Crash is racist or Million Dollar Baby endorses euthanasia or Slumdog Millionaire romanticizes poverty. It struck me that for all of the politicization of the Oscars, the question of whether films are or aren’t feminist is probably about fiftieth on the list.