March:: Issue1

March 8th

*Rosie the Riveter is commonly used as symbol of feminism and women's

economic power.

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Jean Kilbourne is a feminist author, Jean Kilbourne is a feminist author, speaker, and filmmaker who is speaker, and filmmaker who is

internationally recognized for her work internationally recognized for her work on the image of women in advertising. on the image of women in advertising.

Do you think the image of women in advertisement Do you think the image of women in advertisement has improved in the last 40 years? Justify. has improved in the last 40 years? Justify.

How does Jean think the advertising How does Jean think the advertising industry has changed the way it industry has changed the way it

portrays women? portrays women? Watch and check.Watch and check.

How has advertisement influenced the How has advertisement influenced the way way

you perceive women? you perceive women?

Men Men

WomenWomen How has advertisement influenced the How has advertisement influenced the way you perceive yourself? way you perceive yourself?

When a young lawyer, Arthur

Kipps, travels to a remote village

to organize a recently deceased

client's papers, it soon becomes

clear that everyone in the town is

keeping a terrible secret. He

soon learns that his client's

house is haunted by the ghost of

a woman who is looking for

someone and something she had

lost, and until she finds it, no one

is safe from her vengeance.

Do you think you would get scared if you watched The Woman in Black? Why?

What do you think of scary movies in general? Why are they so sucessful?

The Woman in Black has the ingredients of traditional horror films: ghosts, dark old houses, creaking

floorboards. Why are these elements so popular?

In your opinion, will Daniel Radcliffe always be known as Harry Potter?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having played such a striking role?

Credits

Story 1

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-poignant-facts-about-women-around-world http://www.mastersdegree.net/blog/2011/50-fascinating-facts-for-womens-history-month/

Story 2

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/03/showbiz/movies/woman-in-black-review-ew/index.html

TipsTips

Slide 10 – in order to help sts fill in the gaps, encourage them to think about which words collocate with the words in the text.