Emma Watson joins Fourth Wave Feminism

Hailed as a 'game-changing' speech for feminism, Emma Watson's speech to the UN to launch the HeForShe campaign hit the headlines in September 2014:

A second speech by UN Women Dierctor Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka received less attention due to her lack of celebrity status, but was full of facts and chilling statistics:

Bring your exam answer bang up to date with Fourth-wave Feminism

2013 brought us a new movement called fourth-wave feminism. Check out this Guardian article to find quotations to add to your essay for your final paragraph about what the future will bring:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/10/fourth-wave-feminism-rebel-women

Italian women dance during the One Billion Rising campaign on Valentine's Day in Rome, this year. Photograph: Alessandro Di Meo/EPA

Credible likeable superstar role model

A fascinating project to create a tween popstar: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rebeccabrand/credible-likeable-superstar-role-model-the-documenhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rebeccabrand/credible-likeable-superstar-role-model-the-documen
A film following award-winning artist Bryony Kimmings and her niece Taylor as they launch their own alternative tween popstar.

Talking point: women in comedy

Miranda Hart, in her interview 'with herself' in the. Mail On Sunday, 10th November 2013:

Talking point: Lads' mags

From 'The Week', 18th October 2013

Women in the media

In his book, 'Media, Gender and Identity', David Gauntlett suggests that both women and men have become victime of 'the culture of consumerism'. There's been lots in the news lately about the way young stars, in particular, are falling foul of this consumer culture:

Representation of Women in Music videos

Listen to Weekend Woman's Hour from 15th October, all about women in the music industry. Then, check out Ciara's video, 'Like A Boy' when she turns the gender roles upside down: and with lyrics: