[ 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?

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 6, 2009; 18:00 to 19:30. ] Gender and the Media, Friday 6th March, 6 to 7:30 PM, Wadham College

[ March 6, 2009; ] Movies, Nicaragua, inspiration, and more!

[ March 4, 2009; 00:30 to 22:30. ] Wednesday, March 4th, 7:30 PM, Daubeny Building (opposite Magdalen)

[ March 2, 2009; ] film screening, gay pride artworks - all inspired by women!