The day came, we reached a fork in the road, "Do you want to go to the purse party or meet Geena Davis?" To which I asked my new friend and driver, Louise, not her real name,
"Can you get me back safely by 2:30?"We made our getaway, and made it back in time to meet the school bus, without a minute to spare.
As we outgrow girlhood and move into different neighborhoods, we take on many traditional caregiver roles; wife, mother, mentor. It’s important we hold on to those old girlfriends and make new fast friends. Think Thelma and Louise and hold on to her tight.
Geena Davis Thelma herself, acclaimed actress, warmly greeted her girlfriends and former neighbors exactly two years ago, made an encore performance at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara, to a group of 300 women leaders from Fortune 500 companies.There really hasn't been much change, but change comes slow. If we change the way media represents women, we can change the world.
Geena Davis Thelma herself, acclaimed actress, warmly greeted her girlfriends and former neighbors exactly two years ago, made an encore performance at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara, to a group of 300 women leaders from Fortune 500 companies.There really hasn't been much change, but change comes slow. If we change the way media represents women, we can change the world.
Davis raised awareness as she attempted to raise the microphone to accommodate her statuesque six foot frame. It wasn’t always a laughing matter; to be taller than the boys, to be smarter than the boys. As a Mensa member, she’s smarter than 98% of the population. Almost as an apology for possessing beauty brains and a perfect figure she developed a sense of humor, which runs in the family.
Her husband, Dr. Reza Jarrahy (means surgery in Persian) was destined to become a pediatric cranial facial surgeon, for those other than the upper 2% of the population that means cosmetic surgery on children's skull and face. They have three children, the eldest a daughter age 7 and fraternal five year old twins boys. Together they watch animated and family movies. Even among the best of the genre, it doesn’t take a genius to know that there are fewer heroines than heroes and many are gender stereotypes.
However it did take a heroine not only prove, but improve gender balance. Davis sponsored research at USC’s Annenberg School of Communication. The results were published over a year and a half and Geena Davis founded See Jane Los Angeles, an outreach project. With a raised conscious effort on all our parts; parents, teachers entertainment creators can reach new heights of awareness, so all children can grow up tall in themselves, head and shoulders held high.
She as all conscientious mothers are, is rightly concerned how our children must see themselves, or even worse do not see themselves. For example there are three males to one female on average in the top rated G-rated movies 1990 -2005. As her children outgrow preschool and as a mentor, Davis wants the media to reflect the way we value our sons and daughters, wives and husbands, brothers and sisters, and of course our best friends.
Davis wants this so much so she offered her time, talents and resources towards more education and research in media. With the exception of one grant from Nickelodeon, there hasn't been much funding to look at woman representation in film. However, Dr. Martha Lauzen (The Celluloid Ceiling) provides a wealth of statistics on women working in front and behind the camera. She and her team research and educate at the Center for Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State U.
Her husband, Dr. Reza Jarrahy (means surgery in Persian) was destined to become a pediatric cranial facial surgeon, for those other than the upper 2% of the population that means cosmetic surgery on children's skull and face. They have three children, the eldest a daughter age 7 and fraternal five year old twins boys. Together they watch animated and family movies. Even among the best of the genre, it doesn’t take a genius to know that there are fewer heroines than heroes and many are gender stereotypes.
However it did take a heroine not only prove, but improve gender balance. Davis sponsored research at USC’s Annenberg School of Communication. The results were published over a year and a half and Geena Davis founded See Jane Los Angeles, an outreach project. With a raised conscious effort on all our parts; parents, teachers entertainment creators can reach new heights of awareness, so all children can grow up tall in themselves, head and shoulders held high.
She as all conscientious mothers are, is rightly concerned how our children must see themselves, or even worse do not see themselves. For example there are three males to one female on average in the top rated G-rated movies 1990 -2005. As her children outgrow preschool and as a mentor, Davis wants the media to reflect the way we value our sons and daughters, wives and husbands, brothers and sisters, and of course our best friends.
Davis wants this so much so she offered her time, talents and resources towards more education and research in media. With the exception of one grant from Nickelodeon, there hasn't been much funding to look at woman representation in film. However, Dr. Martha Lauzen (The Celluloid Ceiling) provides a wealth of statistics on women working in front and behind the camera. She and her team research and educate at the Center for Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State U.
Put your purse into it, buy tickets to a chick flick and for support take a friend. Check listings at a theater near you.
