In Killing Us Softly III, the newest version of her groundbreaking video Killing Us Softly (CDF-1979), Jean Kilbourne surveys the contemporary advertising landscape to critically examine how, why and to what effect corporations and their advertisers use images of girls and women to sell their products. Deconstructing advertisements with the same kind of care and thought that went into constructing them, Kilbourne pushes the discussion of media and advertising beyond the realm of pure market values on the one hand and pure aesthetic values on the other. She sets mass media images of femininity against social reality, advertising fantasy against the actual experience of girls and women, and encourages us to consider the relationship between the stories advertising tells about girls and women and the actual lives girls and women lead.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 22 @ 8 pm
WHERE: Civic Media Center, 1021 W. University Ave
COST: Donations Appreciated

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