HCRHS Media Lit

""Make me look beautiful." That's what Esther Honig asked 40 photo editors to do -- in over 25 countries. Using the service-sharing site Fiverr, Honig, a human interest reporter, sent a picture of herself to be photoshopped around the world to see just how much cultural values are applied to standards of beauty. The results throw the idea of "the perfect woman" into sharp relief."

Graphics that show the huge corporations that own all the major brands and media outlets in the world

"Advertisers have plenty of ways to manipulate our behavior. See below and in the above slideshow for some of the most effective techniques."

"The NLP classroom program is designed to give teachers and students a concise and comprehensive survey of news literacy. Though it is typically taught as a drop-in unit over the course of two or three weeks in the classroom, it may be integrated over longer time periods. The unit has three main phases: Teacher-led lessons from NLP's original curriculum, lessons taught by NLP journalist volunteers in person or remotely via Skype and a final student project that builds and reflects understanding of NLP's core concepts."

"A new longitudinal study examined how college students slut-shame-and found that the practice is as illogical as it is damaging."

"This isn't about blaming men. It's about calling out our CULTURE, which tends to encourage this line of thinking that a small percentage of men take to heart. If we don't teach kids when they're young, attitudes like this will continue to poison our society."

"What I see is this. In the majority of cases, the catalyst for the shooting was something that threatened the man's identity as a man. The main statistic is inarguable-69 males to one lone female. Being a man is the single most common characteristic of every mass shooting in the last 32 years. I'd prefer to think that men are not inherently more violent-most men do not become violent for any reason. And while biology, strength and testosterone can't be completely discounted, I'd rather look at whether the pressures to conform to a certain type of masculinity are so strong that not being able to do so can cause a person to break under the pressure."

"Sexism in sports is so pervasive that it becomes background noise to us that we don't even notice until something outrageous happens. Although female athletes certainly have more opportunities compared to 50 years ago, male athletes still receive the majority of resources, money, and media coverage. On the list of "100 Highest Paid Athletes," only three are women, and on the collegiate level women's teams still only receive 38 percent of the college sports operating money and 33 percent of the school's recruiting money to build their teams."

"Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men-and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it."

"They don't actually reflect innate preferences."

"Social media star Danah Boyd's new book on teens, It's Complicated, argues that most adults misread and overreact to the online lives of young people. (This story originally aired on Feb. 25, 2014.)"

"Tavi Gevinson of 'Rookie' Inspires Young Women to Create Communities of Self-Empowerment"

"Any revolution in the depiction of women's bodies is not going to come from marketers, whose job it is to construct a narrative in which a person is incomplete until a product is purchased-and so must create feelings of unworthiness and desire, as well as an impulse to change. The problem with looking to companies, even well-meaning ones, to determine ethical standards is that the effort will always feel cynical at some level. And so, as it ever was, the representation of the female form will continue to be a battleground."

"Photoshop makes quite a big difference on virtually anything and with celebrities always wanting to put on a good appearance you just know their magazine cover shots are heavily photoshopped! Here we have 22 before and after shots of your favorite celebrities. Surprised?"

"Many women describe sexism as a part of 'normal' life. Here Leah Green goes undercover in London to see how unsuspecting men react to sexist situations often experienced by women - but this time perpetrated by a female. All scenes are based on real encounters reported by women to @EverydaySexism"

"Despite proof that everyone loses when Hollywood is sexist, everything from the questions actresses are asked in interviews to the representation of women on the big and small screens suggest that an issue remains. Old habits die hard, but many actresses are lining up to deliver a blow. Here are eight actresses who aren't afraid to call out Hollywood's sexism:

"It took a while, but someone has finally lampooned Cadillac's much-derided "Poolside" commercial starring Neal McDonough. And not just any old someone-Ford Motor Co."

"During last Tuesday's presidential debate, Romney answered a question about pay equity by saying that he made sure his chief of staff could leave work in time to cook dinner for her family. "The Bachelor" has resurrected the same regressive view of relationships, showcasing bubbly babes promising to "make the best wife" for ABC's husband-in-chief "because I would be a servant to him. And if he comes home from a long day at the office, I'll just rub his feet and have dinner ready for him!" For more than a decade, reality TV has stuffed "binders full of women" with stock characters:"

"Chivalry is a behavior that masquerades as a courtesy while concealing a dramatic assertion of inequality between the sexes. There is no way around it: it's about viewing women as fragile, delicate creatures who require special treatment. And it needs to die."