The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.
Writing
Data-packed but accessible — makes systemic issues personal.
Production
Fast-cut montages of toxic ads hit harder than narration.
Direction
Newsom weaves personal motherhood fears with national crisis.
Director
Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film basically weaponized the term 'internalized misogyny' for an entire generation of Tumblr feminists.
Newsom made this while pregnant with her daughter, which explains the urgency — she literally couldn't stop thinking about what world her child would inherit.
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