Sex, Power and the Media

Speaker: 
Ann Simonton
 
18 Oct 1989
 
8:00 PM
 
Sun Room, Memorial Union

Ann Simonton is an activist and founder of Media Watch, an organization which investigates sexism in advertising an its connection to violence against women. She is a former beauty queen and top model who now protests the content of many of the magazines in which she appeared, including the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated. She is author of I Never Told Anyone and Her Wits About Her. From the University Lectures Program archive.