brilliantyears:

A very powerful message. Please watch!

Killing us softly by Jean Kilbourne

Thanks for sharing, C! I absolutely recommend you all watch this. Keywords: advertising, ideal of beauty, popular culture, consumerism, sexualization of consumer products, eroticization of violence.

Link to Part Two

Some quotes from both parts:

“Our popular culture seems to have the ability to make women everywhere and everywhere feel absolutely terrible about themselves.”

“At the same time that we allow our children to be sexualized, we refuse to educate them about sex.”

“When the culture offers girls and women only one way to be sexy, it can hardly be considered an authentic choice to choose it.”

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    The ads she mentions in the beginning are really jaw-droppingly offensive. Seriously people, don’t believe that shit...

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    I seriously disagree with a lot of arguments which are being brought forward as facts. I respect her trying to create a...

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    Killing us softly by Jean Kilbourne Thanks for sharing, C! I absolutely recommend you all watch this. Keywords:...

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    Jean Kilbourne manages to touch so many important topics. I’ve kept getting teary eyed throughout. One of the core...

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