Kathryn Bigelow Makes Oscar History

 

Jehmu Greene, President, Women's Media Center
Bio: http://bit.ly/jgreene
Location: New York, NY
• WMC campaign Celebrate Women at the Academy Awards! to honor women in film: http://bit.ly/oscarwmc
• Long time media activist on social justice issues
• Frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News

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Jodie Evans, Board Member, Women’s Media Center
Bio: http://bit.ly/jevans
• 2010 Oscar nominee for best Documentary feature: "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
• Produced video campaign to support women in film: http://bit.ly/oscarwmc
• Media credits include CNN, FOX News, AlterNet, Huffington Post, and KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles

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Melissa Silverstein, Writer/Blogger, Women & Hollywood
Bio: http://bit.ly/msilverstein
Location: New York, NY
• WomenandHollywood.com named one of More Magazine’s “blogs to watch” (2008) and “Best Hollywood blog” by totalfilm.com (2009)
• Wrote “A Transformative Oscar Moment?”
• Serves on the advisory boards of Women’s Media Center, Women, Action & Media (WAM!)

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Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Associate Professor, University of Southern California
Bio: http://bit.ly/staciesmith
Location: Los Angeles, CA
• Researcher with Geena Davis' See Jane Program: http://bit.ly/aduvVm
• Expert on women in the industry, effects of the media on children and adults, and stereotyping of gender in film and television
• Work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, NY Times, and USA Today

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Latoya Peterson, Editrix/Activist, Racialicious.com and Jezebel.com
Bio: http://bit.ly/latoyapeterson
Location: Washington, DC
• Wrote “Reflections on Lola [The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]” (Racialicious)
• Provides a hip-hop feminist and anti-racist view on pop culture with a special focus on film, television, and music
• Published in American Prospect, Bitch Magazine, Clutch Magazine, the Women's Review of Books, and the Guardian

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Courtney Young, Commentator/Writer
Bio: http://bit.ly/cyoung
Location: New York, NY
• Expert on race and pop culture, media and entertainment, diversity in media, and media criticism; Wrote “Hollywood’s Niche for Black Actresses”
• Frequently provides commentary on popular culture for The Nation, The Grio, The Huffington Post, and Popmatters.com
• Currently completing her book, Color Me Color Struck: How Colorism Marginalizes Women of Color in Popular Culture

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Shira Tarrant, PhD, Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
California State University, Long Beach
Bio: http://bit.ly/starrant
Location: Los Angeles, CA
• Wrote “The Hurt Locker Blows Up More Than Bombs” (Huffington Post)
• Expert on pop culture, gender politics, feminism, masculinity, and anti-sexist and sex-positive sexuality
• Published in Bitch magazine, Huffington Post, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Genre magazine, and The Women’s Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism

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Jan Lisa Huttner, Managing Editor, Films for Two: The Online Guide for Busy Couples
Bio: http://bit.ly/jlhuttner
Location: Chicago, IL
• Award-winning Chicago film critic and columnist for Chicago’s JUF News and The Digital Filmmaker
• Interviewed Professor Martha Lauzen, author of “Celluloid Ceiling” (report on limited opportunities for women filmmakers in Hollywood)
• Extensive media experience

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