I Was A Teenage Feminist

Audience

There are several target audiences for our screenings and discussions:

1) Young women and men in their teens and twenties who are likely to be, but not exclusively, high school or college students. They are enrolled in courses on Women's Studies, American History, Political Science or Philosophy. This group also includes those involved in leadership development programs aimed at young women.

2) Professors teaching in the above areas, directors of women's  and girls’ centers and leaders of feminist activist groups, all looking for engaging ways to introduce feminism and feminist issues.

3) Women aged 30 and up who are more familiar with, but disengaged or alienated from, the feminist movement.

4) Men, young and old, who, like the women in our target groups, may be unclear about what feminism is and don't understand its historic or current value as a powerful tool for social change.  

WHERE TO SCREEN THE FILM:

The film is ideal for classes in:

• Women’s Studies
• American History
• Cultural Studies
• Political Science
• Philosophy.

In addition, screenings and discussions are perfect for
recurring on-campus and community events such as:

• Reproductive Rights Marches and Rallies
• Take Back the Night Events
•Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (January 22)
• Violence Against Women Day  (V-Day, Feb. 14)
• International Women's Day (March 8)
• Mother's Day mother/daughter screenings (mid-May)
• Seneca Falls Convention anniversary (July 19-20)
•19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage) ratified (Aug 26)
 

Other Targeted Audiences:

  • Anyone who cringes at the word "feminist."

  • The teenage girl, just as she is dropping in her self-esteem, just as she is confronted with conflicting messages of how girls are supposed to act, just as she is developing her own identity. The teenage boy just as he is learning how to become a man, how to relate to women.

  • The college-age woman who, filled with images of man-hating activists from the 70s, who won't self-identify as a feminist because she believes it will make her "unfeminine" and unattractive to men.

  • Lesbians who feel isolated from supportive communities.

  • The "liberated" young woman, sexually and economically empowered, who takes her freedoms for granted, unaware of forces trying to roll back the clock.

  • The person who thinks that feminism was all about getting women into the work force and is not aware of the continued government discrimination against women too poor or invisible to fight back.

  • The low-income single mother, voiceless and disconnected from communities that can support her.

  • The wife and mother who, thanks to the "victories" of the women's movement, manages her career and runs the household, and wonders who thought liberation was such a good idea in the first place.

  • Anyone creating laws and policy affecting women and children.
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