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Street Theater at the SPARK Summit
Street Theater was an eye opening experience. In writing my own “monologue,” I opened up more about what “pisses me off” and what I could say to that. To me, I hate when a guy will hit on me on the...
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Sexual Harassment is Not Okay
Yesterday at the SPARK Summit I learned a lot about the sexualization of girls in the media and the ways in which we can can help stop and prevent this issue. I really enjoyed the workshops I was...
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Geena Davis: Inspiring Awareness and Movement Against the Sexualization of Girls
“I’d rather be the girl playing baseball, than the girlfriend of the main character playing baseball.” – Geena Davis Geena Davis’s roles in some of my favorite movies such as, Thelma and Louise and...
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Flipcam’s Ability to Spread the Word
The first workshop I attended at the SPARK Summit this past Friday was the Flipcam Workshop. Led by Shelby Knox, she explained how the Flipcam is an excellent method with which you can get across real...
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The SPARK Summit: Eye-Opener
Before I attended the SPARK Summit, I imagined myself “guiding” others at the Summit, struggling to find the words for an answer for them, because I was part of the SPARK team. I imagined embarrassing...
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The Never Ending Advertising Cycle
During the SPARK Summit, I attended the “Hard-Core Media Literacy” workshop and the “Hey…Shorty” workshop on street harassment, both of which I found very insightful. In Hard-Core Media Literacy we...
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Deconstruction of Ads
In the morning workshop Hard-Core Media Literacy at the SPARK Summit, we deconstructed ads with these three framing questions that I think will help people become aware of what they are watching on...
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Sexualized Ads: Where Are We Headed?
At the SPARK Summit last week, I attended a workshop entitled ”Hard-Core Media Literacy” where we analyzed media (mainly advertisements) and broke down what the advertisers wanted us to purchase,...
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SPARK Summit: Male Allies All the Way!
During the SPARK Summit, I spent most of my time at the male ally station. What was my and all the rest of the male allies purpose there? Well, we were just being allies really. We decided that it...
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SPARK Summit: Ending the Sexualization of Girls
SPARK stands for Sexualization, Protest, Action, Resistance, Knowledge: “It is a day to speak out, push back on the sexualization of girls, and have fun while igniting a movement for girls’ rights to...
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