International Women’s Day 2017: 6 of the best campaigns empowering women
P&G launches corporate #WeSeeEqual campaign to fight gender bias In honour of International Women’s Day, Procter & Gamble (P&G) has launched a new corporate #WeSeeEqual campaign aimed at uncovering gender bias. The campaign is running on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram and features a video showing men, women, boys and girls defying gender stereotypes, using clips from a number of its brands including Always and Secret. P&G brands including Pantene, Ariel and Fairy have all done ads on gender equality themes in recent years, but this is the first time it has brought them together under the corporate umbrella. Speaking to Marketing Week, P&G marketing director for Northern Europe Stefan Feitoza says the FMCG giant is keen to “create new expectations for people to live up to”. “We are leveraging our insights to uncover gender bias and taking actions to spark conversations that motivate change. United Colors of Benetton promotes gender equality in India
1968: Revolution, change and its legacy
This year marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most famous years of the 20th century. It is said that the events of that year shook the world and shaped an entire generation. As a political and cultural revolution took place, people across the world spoke out against war, capitalism, racism, misogyny and entire governments. So many uprisings and notable events took place in 1968 (there are a lot i'm not mentioning here - look them up!) May 1968: France - the explosive events of May really began back in March, when far-left artists and musicians, along with students, invaded a room and held a meeting at Nanterre University discussing class discrimination and the government. Art of Mai 68: The faculty and student body of the Ecole des Beaux Arts were on strike, and a number of the students met spontaneously in the lithographic department to produce the first poster of the revolt, "Usines, Universites, Union." Points for discussion: - How do you feel about the events of 1968?
Break the Box campaign launch | Citizen Group Blog | Citizen Group
Mar.12/ This past week, Citizen and the Texas Association Agaisnst Sexual Assault (TAASA) lauched our Break the Box campaign encouraging Texans to pledge against sexual violence by speaking out against gender stereotypes. Sexual violence isn't just about rape or physical harassment. It begins when we hurt people through the words we use and attitudes we carry. Stereotypes of what it means to be a man or woman—for instance, boys should do physical activities and girls need to be "ladylike"—can limit our worth and potential, and create an unequal balance of power that perpetuates sexual violence. In Texas alone, nearly 13% of all Texans have been sexually assaulted—that's nearly two million people, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 20 men. Join us by watching the video, sharing & taking the pledge. Categorized under: Advertising | Education | Environment | Health & Wellness | Human Rights
Photography
As a photography student, I'm always excited to look at the work of others and I love when people tell me about photographers I've never heard of! Here are a couple of my favourites (with pictures!) I hope they inspire you as much as they have me. Lina Scheynius - Bryan Schutmaat - Jessica Williams - Who are your favourite photographers? As a photography student, I'm always excited to look at the work of others and I love when people tell me about photographers I've never heard of! Lina Scheynius - Bryan Schutmaat - Jessica Williams - Who are your favourite photographers?
TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers
Movie stars are supposedly nothing like you and me. They're svelte, glamorous, self-possessed. They wear dresses we can't afford and live in houses we can only dream of. Yet it turns out that—in the most painful and personal ways—movie stars are more like you and me than we ever knew. In 1997, just before Ashley Judd's career took off, she was invited to a meeting with Harvey Weinstein, head of the starmaking studio Miramax, at a Beverly Hills hotel. "I started talking about Harvey the minute that it happened," Judd says in an interview with TIME. She recalls one screenwriter friend telling her that Weinstein's behavior was an open secret passed around on the whisper network that had been furrowing through Hollywood for years. Finally, in October—when Judd went on the record about Weinstein's behavior in the New York Times, the first star to do so—the world listened. When movie stars don't know where to go, what hope is there for the rest of us? "I thought, What just happened?
I grew up in a house with white walls, white ceilings, white carpets, & white furniture..
I grew up in a house with white walls, white ceilings, white carpets, & white furniture. I never had any personal appreciation or pride in my home until I moved out on my own and now I find people's apartments/houses fascinating and a great reflection of their own personal style, taste, and fashion sense. My parents were very plain to be truthful so it seems to make some sense to me at least.
The Reel Foto: JeongMee Yoon: Boys versus Girls, The Pink & Blue Project
"Blue is for boys and pink is for girls". That statement has been so subconsciously ingrained into the minds of practically everyone in the first world that it seems silly to challenge it. Indeed, the differences in gender with boys versus girls and blue versus pink has become an accepted fact that manufacturers nowadays will automatically assign blue products to guys and pink products to gals. Artist JeongMee Yoon wanted to document this phenomenon in children and, along the way, uncovered some surprising historical facts in her Pink & Blue Project. JeongMee Yoon studied Fine Arts and Photographic Design in South Korea and later moved to the US to further her career. Her first project as a solo artist was "Zoo", a series of black-and-white photographs that depicted urban animal habitats as dreary prisons rather than happy weekend leisure centers. That first image became the start of the Pink Project, a portrait series on girls and their affinity for pink objects.
Design Federation — Interview with photographer Daniel Boud
5 Celebrities who've Fought Back Against Gender Stereotypes
Gender stereotyping, by definition, is the generalisation of attributes, differences and roles onto each gender. This can range from the belief that make-up is specifically reserved for women, to the idea ‘dirty’ and ‘dangerous’ jobs are ‘jobs for a man’. Despite these messages unfortunately still being prevalent in our society, change is occurring. Troye Sivan After a steady rise to fame via YouTube since 2012, the Australian singer-songwriter has brought about a lot of change in breaking gender norms and consoling fans and those alike that it is okay to express yourself as whoever or whatever you wish to. Although a commonly broken norm, Troye partnered with Vevo Lift late last year to create a video where he gets his nails painted. Sivan’s Blue Neighbourhood trilogy is also another iconic reminder of real issues going on in the world and displays an important message; be kind to everyone and remember love is love. Ezra Miller I’m queer. Ruby Rose Matty Healy Eddie Izzard
The New Breed of Documentary Photographers
