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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner November 22nd, 2010 |
Tonight in Washington, D.C., I’m holding my last official reading on the Reality Bites Back book tour. It is listed in the Washington Post’s “Going Out Guide Blog,” and their “Going Out Guide.” There’s also a brief interview with the Express.
Tonight, the final official book reading will be held at Busboys & […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner November 19th, 2010 |
Quick hit from the road: All you MA-area TV fans — there are two chances to catch Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV in Boston. Hope to see you at one of these events:
WHAT: Book reading and signing
WHEN: Nov. 19, 7pm
WHERE: Wellesley Booksmith
Why is reality television built on such […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner November 17th, 2010 |
Event Reminder: “$h*t My TV Says: Revealing Gender & Race in Reality TV & Pop Culture”
…an evening with Jennifer L. Pozner, author of Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV, and entertainment journalist Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn, contributor to the L.A. Times, TV Guide, Essence, Emmy magazine and […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner November 10th, 2010 |
REALITY BITES BACK BOOK LAUNCH PARTY TONIGHT!!! NYC TWEET-UP!!!
OK, I know, all caps and three exclamation points = excessive. Still, New York City, I’m just that excited to invite you to this celebration, which has been a loooong time coming.
WED. NOV. 10: Reality Bites Back Book Launch PARTY & TWEET-Up!
Time: 7:30 - 10:30
Place: The fabulous […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner November 9th, 2010 |
Hey Philly friends — come join me TONIGHT as I read from my new book, Reality Bites Back.
WHEN: Tuesday Nov. 9, 5:30 - 7:00pm
WHERE: Barnes & Noble, Rittenhouse Square, 1805 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
FREE
Why is reality television built on such blatant gender and race stereotypes? Why are women and people of color represented so […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner October 24th, 2010 |
30-second-action: Do you think challenging representations of gender and race in entertainment media should be a crucial aspect of media literacy — and of a media justice agenda?
I do. So does media literacy advocate, novelist and media producer Sofia Quintero. We’re excited to present this session at the 2011 National Conference on Media Reform […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner October 21st, 2010 |
Quick reminder: if you’re in New York City, Hunter College is the place to be tomorrow, as media literacy activists, media makers, youth educators, girls’ rights advocates, scholars — and, importantly, girls themselves — will be coming together for the SPARK Summit (Sexualization Protest: Action, Resistance, Knowledge).
On behalf of Women In Media & News, I’m […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner October 12th, 2010 |
Today at ColorLines, Neelanjana Banerjee looks at race, representation and reality TV and asks, as per the story’s headline: “Is Reality TV a Revolution for Race or the New Minstrel?”
A smart, nuanced and well-reported piece, Banerjee notes that:
“A series of NAACP reports have tracked the dismal representation of African Americans and other […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner September 8th, 2010 |
OK, it’s official: my summer reality TV fast (a needed respite after sending the manuscript for Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV off to my publisher) is over. To mark the occasion, I livetweeted analysis of the season premiere of America’s next Top Model, Cycle 15 — yes, 15.
Long-time WIMN’s Voices […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner July 22nd, 2010 |
Yesterday, from St. Petersburg Times media critic Eric Deggans, came the headline: “Julie Chen gets View-style talk CBS show; should wife of CEO have three jobs on the network?”
Chen, who anchors CBS’s daily Early Show and hosts CBS’s backstabby summer reality TV ratings staple, Big Brother, is oh-so-conveniently married to the network’s CEO, […]