Documentaries:
CBC'S Doc Zone - "Sext up Kids" (October 11, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/sext-up-kids.html
The powder keg that is porn culture has exploded in the lives of North American
children. A look at how our hyper-sexualized culture has hijacked childhood and
what parents and educators are doing to fight back
CBC's Doc Zone - "End of Men" (October 1, 2011)
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2011/endofmen/
Summary: In the early 21st century men's roles are in a profound state of flux, as the
worst recession in since the 1930's has destroyed millions of male jobs. Men are
facing an uncertain future and a starker choice: adapt or perish.
CBC's Doc Zone - "The 'F' Word" (November 12, 2011)
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2011/fword/
Explores why younger women are rejecting Feminism, the "F word"...even while
women's rights are eroding.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "InterSEXion" (November 25, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/intersextion.html
One baby in 2000 is born with genitalia so ambiguous, doctors can't tell
if it's a boy or a girl. What if it's neither? Intersex individuals reveal the
secrets of their unconventional lives & the irreparable damage they've
experienced when they've been surgically 'corrected' as children.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "Girl Model" (October 14, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/girl-model.html
Exposes the exploitation of pre-pubescent Russian girls recruited for the hungry
Japanese modeling industry. 13-year-olds like Nadya dream of a lucrative payday
for their poor families but discover their new Tokyo life is anything but
glamorous.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "Too Fast to be a Woman" (July 28, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyeshowcase/2011/toofast/
Is she a woman or intersex? Exclusive access to the South African runner whose
world championship triggered a media frenzy and raised questions about her
gender.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "Transgender Kids" (June 16, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/post-1.html
Kids who want to change their sex. Intimately reveals the world of 4 children
who struggle for acceptance as they transition to the opposite sex/gender.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "The Third Sex" (October 30, 2011)
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/thelens/2009/thethirdsex/
Neither male nor female? Do people born with ambiguous sexual organs constitute
a 'third sex'?
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np2PP76_PxQ
While the social construction of femininity has been widely examined, the dominant role of masculinity has until recently
remained largely invisible. Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high school students to systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century.
"Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada"
http://www.nfb.ca/film/status_quo_the_unfinished_business_of_feminism
Feminism has shaped the society we live in. But just how far has it brought us, and how relevant is it today? This feature documentary zeroes in on key concerns such as violence against women, access to abortion, and universal childcare, asking how much progress we have truly made on these issues. Rich with archival material and startling contemporary stories, Status Quo? uncovers answers that are provocative and at times shocking.
Mansome
http://mansomethemovie.com/
Look at men’s identity in the 21st century. Models, actors, experts and comedians weigh in on what it is to be a man in a world where the definition of masculinity has become as diverse as a hipster’s facial hair in Williamsburg. The hilarious follicles of men’s idiosyncratic grooming habits are thoroughly combed over as men finally take a long hard look in the mirror.
Miss Representation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ap2xnMcvpw
Explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions by circulating limited and often disparaging portrayals of women.
Youtube Videos:
Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYQhRCs9IHM
Bad Romance: "Women's Suffrage" is a parody music video paying homage to Alice Paul and the generations of brave women who joined together in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote in 1920.
You Can Play- Toronto FC
http://youcanplayproject.org/videos/entry/you-can-play-toronto-fc
Toronto FC becomes the first Canadian soccer team to speak on behalf of LGBT athletes and the You Can Play Project.
Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-YCdcnf_P8
Video playing into stereotypes of gay men. Support gay marriage.
Role Reversal in a Heterosexual Relationship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRPsFwQSpEc
Video stereotyping relationship roles in a heterosexual relationship.
CBC Archives: The Montreal Massacre, 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndkw0yK85z4
School shooting at Ecole Polytechnique where gunman Marc Lepin claimed to be "fighting feminism" when he killed 14 women.
Merchants of Cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahlVBnx66PM
Focusing on the influence and construction of masculinity in the media to make money.
Music Videos:
Same Love- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0
Song/video supporting gay marriage and rights by popular artist Macklemore.
I'm A Slave 4 U- Britney Spears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQtNRdkze1k
Sexualizing women and playing into the ideal that women need to be dominated by a man.
Candy Shop- 50 Cent featuring Olivia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRcnnId15BA3
Sexualizing women. Women are objects for men to "shop" for and use sexually.
It's Raining Men- The Weather Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E
Sexualizing men as objects for women to use for their pleasure.
Macho, Macho Man- Village People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO43p2Wqc08
Idealizing men and that they should be macho, manly, and muscular.
Commercials:
USA: Army Strong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq-ZVIZJaI8
Nike Voices
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3NIQMSS3aQ
Nike celebrates how far women's sports have come by featuring elite athletes who defied convention—women who wanted to play so badly, they wrote their own rules.
Because I am a Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5fat9YCqMI
Premature Perspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qD_PiZAz6k
Old Spice: The Man You Could Smell Like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE
Dove: Beauty Pressure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6JvK0W60I
Nike For Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3NIQMSS3aQ
The powder keg that is porn culture has exploded in the lives of North American
children. A look at how our hyper-sexualized culture has hijacked childhood and
what parents and educators are doing to fight back
CBC's Doc Zone - "End of Men" (October 1, 2011)
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2011/endofmen/
Summary: In the early 21st century men's roles are in a profound state of flux, as the
worst recession in since the 1930's has destroyed millions of male jobs. Men are
facing an uncertain future and a starker choice: adapt or perish.
CBC's Doc Zone - "The 'F' Word" (November 12, 2011)
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2011/fword/
Explores why younger women are rejecting Feminism, the "F word"...even while
women's rights are eroding.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "InterSEXion" (November 25, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/intersextion.html
One baby in 2000 is born with genitalia so ambiguous, doctors can't tell
if it's a boy or a girl. What if it's neither? Intersex individuals reveal the
secrets of their unconventional lives & the irreparable damage they've
experienced when they've been surgically 'corrected' as children.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "Girl Model" (October 14, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/girl-model.html
Exposes the exploitation of pre-pubescent Russian girls recruited for the hungry
Japanese modeling industry. 13-year-olds like Nadya dream of a lucrative payday
for their poor families but discover their new Tokyo life is anything but
glamorous.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "Too Fast to be a Woman" (July 28, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyeshowcase/2011/toofast/
Is she a woman or intersex? Exclusive access to the South African runner whose
world championship triggered a media frenzy and raised questions about her
gender.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "Transgender Kids" (June 16, 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/post-1.html
Kids who want to change their sex. Intimately reveals the world of 4 children
who struggle for acceptance as they transition to the opposite sex/gender.
CBC's The Passionate Eye - "The Third Sex" (October 30, 2011)
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/thelens/2009/thethirdsex/
Neither male nor female? Do people born with ambiguous sexual organs constitute
a 'third sex'?
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np2PP76_PxQ
While the social construction of femininity has been widely examined, the dominant role of masculinity has until recently
remained largely invisible. Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high school students to systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century.
"Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada"
http://www.nfb.ca/film/status_quo_the_unfinished_business_of_feminism
Feminism has shaped the society we live in. But just how far has it brought us, and how relevant is it today? This feature documentary zeroes in on key concerns such as violence against women, access to abortion, and universal childcare, asking how much progress we have truly made on these issues. Rich with archival material and startling contemporary stories, Status Quo? uncovers answers that are provocative and at times shocking.
Mansome
http://mansomethemovie.com/
Look at men’s identity in the 21st century. Models, actors, experts and comedians weigh in on what it is to be a man in a world where the definition of masculinity has become as diverse as a hipster’s facial hair in Williamsburg. The hilarious follicles of men’s idiosyncratic grooming habits are thoroughly combed over as men finally take a long hard look in the mirror.
Miss Representation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ap2xnMcvpw
Explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions by circulating limited and often disparaging portrayals of women.
Youtube Videos:
Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYQhRCs9IHM
Bad Romance: "Women's Suffrage" is a parody music video paying homage to Alice Paul and the generations of brave women who joined together in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote in 1920.
You Can Play- Toronto FC
http://youcanplayproject.org/videos/entry/you-can-play-toronto-fc
Toronto FC becomes the first Canadian soccer team to speak on behalf of LGBT athletes and the You Can Play Project.
Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-YCdcnf_P8
Video playing into stereotypes of gay men. Support gay marriage.
Role Reversal in a Heterosexual Relationship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRPsFwQSpEc
Video stereotyping relationship roles in a heterosexual relationship.
CBC Archives: The Montreal Massacre, 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndkw0yK85z4
School shooting at Ecole Polytechnique where gunman Marc Lepin claimed to be "fighting feminism" when he killed 14 women.
Merchants of Cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahlVBnx66PM
Focusing on the influence and construction of masculinity in the media to make money.
Music Videos:
Same Love- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0
Song/video supporting gay marriage and rights by popular artist Macklemore.
I'm A Slave 4 U- Britney Spears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQtNRdkze1k
Sexualizing women and playing into the ideal that women need to be dominated by a man.
Candy Shop- 50 Cent featuring Olivia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRcnnId15BA3
Sexualizing women. Women are objects for men to "shop" for and use sexually.
It's Raining Men- The Weather Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E
Sexualizing men as objects for women to use for their pleasure.
Macho, Macho Man- Village People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO43p2Wqc08
Idealizing men and that they should be macho, manly, and muscular.
Commercials:
USA: Army Strong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq-ZVIZJaI8
Nike Voices
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3NIQMSS3aQ
Nike celebrates how far women's sports have come by featuring elite athletes who defied convention—women who wanted to play so badly, they wrote their own rules.
Because I am a Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5fat9YCqMI
Premature Perspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qD_PiZAz6k
Old Spice: The Man You Could Smell Like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE
Dove: Beauty Pressure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6JvK0W60I
Nike For Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3NIQMSS3aQ