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#representationmatters

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Elena Rossini

https://elenarossini.com/2024/03/the-power-of-visibility-redux/

Two years ago, around the time my daughter turned one, I released a short film made in collaboration with Mimi Anagli: The Power of Visibility. In the 4 minute film, we argued that women working in film (directors, screenwriters, producers and cinematographers) are largely underrepresented and underestimated. Popular media outlets in 2022 still mostly celebrated male filmmakers. Why was this a problem? Women working in film – or aspiring to – have a hard time being taken seriously and getting funding for their projects.

We released the film at the end of January 2022, along with an op-ed in Women & Hollywood: “How the World’s Largest Search Engine Can Help Fix Hollywood’s Representation Problem”.

Mimi and I wrote:

Imagine this: you are a 14-year-old with a passion for movies and photography. Maybe one day you could make a career out of it, becoming a cinematographer. You are curious to see examples of notable people working in the industry. So you go on Google and search for “cinematographer.” At the top of the page you see a carousel of 51 Google cards with photos and names of famous directors of photography. Most of them are white. All of them are male, except for a few cards. As an African American girl, you implicitly get the message that maybe this field is not for you — nobody who looks like you appears in the results. If only you could have seen or read about Kira Kelly — the first Black woman invited to join the ASC in 2020, best known for her work on Ava DuVernay’s “13th” and HBO’s “Insecure.”

Watch our short film The Power of Visibility (running time: 4 minutes):

Rewind: my incredible visibility in Google search results (2019-2022)

Searching for “film director” and seeing which results pop up in Google Images is something I have been doing routinely for years.

Click here to read the full story

#collaboration#genderGap#Google
Martine Mussies :verified:

So happy that my article "Mad mermaids vs. beauty standards: Examining the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, and dis/ability in online mermaid fan art (2010-2020)" was published in First Monday - one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. ^_^

Direct link: doi.org/10.5210/fm.v30i7.14230

#MermaidFanart #Academia
#academicmastodon #FanStudies
#DisabilityStudies #CulturalStudies
#GenderStudies #QueerMermaids
#RepresentationMatters

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Matthew Whitaker

what's up everyone. hope all is well.
Today is the day!!! My very first music video drops tonight and I couldn’t be more excited! 🙌🏽
Huge shoutout and major thanks to Andre Betts for helping make this happen!

Meet me LIVE tonight at 7:45PM as we get ready for the official premiere of the **“I Wanna Be Heard”** music video on YouTube at 8PM! 🎶

The stream will be on Facebook and Instagram — hope to see you there! I'll reply to this post with links to my pages. Make sure to follow.
Let’s celebrate together!

\#NewMusic #MusicVideoPremiere #IWannaBeHeard #AndreBetts #Grateful #LetsGo #BlindMusician #SingerSongwriter #AccessibleMusic #RepresentationMatters

Amalia Zeichnerin

Heute ist #Lektor_innenMontag, eine Aktion von Korrektoratia und Lektorat_zeilenkiste (auf Instagram).
Das Thema: #Diversität

Darüber habe ich mehrere Blogbeiträge geschrieben. Hier ist einer davon: „Diversität und Repräsentation in der Literatur“ (Lesezeit: ca. 5 Minuten).

amalia-zeichnerin.net/diversit

amalia-zeichnerin.netDiversität und Repräsentation in der Literatur | Amalia Zeichnerin
#Schreibtipps#Schreibcommunity#Lektorat
Aya
Ever wish you had goggles that could see invisible disabilities? Luna did. So she built some. And she found what she was looking for: invisible disability ghosts. They’re not the spooky kind, just quiet reminders that people around her are carrying things you can’t always see. Chronic pain, mental illness, neurological differences, trauma, fatigue. They don’t show up on the outside, but they’re very real.

This comic is a reminder that people are fighting battles you’ll never notice unless you’re looking. It’s the person who needs the elevator, the one who avoids eye contact, the one who looks fine but sits down a lot. We see you ❤️

Everyone deserves a little more patience, a little more understanding, and maybe a stylish pair of empathy goggles 🛠️👓👻

💬 What’s something you wish people understood about invisible disabilities? Drop it in the comments!

✨ If you like our comics and want to help keep Luna’s workshop lights on (or at least help us afford goggle polish), consider supporting us on Patreon! Every bit helps us keep making stories like this one. 💜

#InvisibleDisability #ADayInTheLuna #DisabilityAwareness #ChronicIllness #Neurodivergent #AutisticArtist #MentalHealthMatters #DisabilityComics #EmpathyMatters #RepresentationMatters
#representationmatters
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