Monday, January 26, 2009

Celebrity Feminisms

The Feminist Reading Group invites you to join us for our first meeting of the term on Wednesday, January 28th, from 1:30-3:00 pm in UC 384: “Celebrity Feminisms.” This meeting will interrogate the cultural politics of celebrity feminism, and celebrity-endorsed feminist campaigns—from the Feminist Majority’s celebrity “This is What a Feminist Looks Like” campaign, to Reese Witherspoon’s endorsement of the Avon Empowerment Fund and the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women.

No formal preparation for this meeting is required, as we will provide select material from news and media sources at the meeting itself. If anyone has material that they would like to contribute for discussion (including online sources), please feel free to send it along ahead of time. Hope to see you there!!


Here are a few links to start:

Celebrity Feminists

Reese and Avon Campaign

Avon Campaign

Maher on Feminism

Faux Celebrity with Real Celebrifeminist

Celebrity Feminism and Magazines

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