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Advertisement’s objectification of femininity

On Monday, Oct. 22, Wetlands Magazine screened the film Killing Us Softly 4. The film features Jean Kilbourne and looks at advertisements and how they depict women. Jean Kilbourne has been producing these films and researching the advertisement industry for over 40 years, and she claims that advertisements about women’s body image have “only really gotten worse.” She has devoted much of her adult life to raising awareness about these images and how they have caused a health issue for women because they essentially depict how every woman is supposed...