1.

What are some overall observations you can make about how other people have addressed
your feminist problem?

Some observations I have made about how others have addressed my feminist issue are that
overall action on this issue is very personalized. Women in Hollywood have been driving this
conversation based on their personal experiences. It is the women who have faced bias in
casting and in the writer's room who push the conversation of what representation does to the
spotlight. What a person chooses to view is highly tailored by taste, so you have to encourage
people to get out of their comfort zones. Additionally, it is important to involve education with
media consumption. What a person chooses to view is highly tailored by taste, so you have to
encourage people to get out of their comfort zones. Some people address my feminist issue by
incorporating positive messages into media for children, which will make them more inclined to
hear a variety of stories.

2. How did you develop what you wanted to do with this info? How did your research guide
you? How did you process this info?

When I started this project I honestly had no clue what I wanted to do with the material I was
researching. I had a lot of data and a lot of perspectives but I felt like I was out of my depth. I
had the details on how media can affect adolescents and I had detailed TEDTalks on the subject,
but I was not sure how I could implement this into a realistic solution. As I started to read hooks
and had my interview with my Professor, I found myself drawn to a solution that incorporated
education and community. This led me to want to create some type of meeting that was
recurring and based on intersectional conversation.

3. How did you determine how best to develop your solution/s? What were some issues you ran
into in this process?

I determined how to develop my solutions based on conversations I had with my peers about
how to get my project to best address the issue and needs I was interested in. I ran into an issue
with limited information. When trying to research the Union and Independent Film House
Theatres, they were both a bit ambiguous about the final price. The same can be said for all of
the licensing because it is so dependent on the size of the audience which I can not accurately
predict. In my final solution, I would be worried about advertising across age groups, but with a
good social media strategy I believe online advertising can be effective.

4. When considering the logistics of your solution/s, what sticks out to you the most? What is
easiest to determine when it comes to the logistics of implementing an activist solution? What is
most difficult?
When considering the logistics, what sticks out the most is getting people in the door. It can be
hard to find people who are interested in diversifying their film experience. The most important
part of this solution to me is creating an intersectional community that provides lots of different
perspectives and feels welcoming. I think the biggest challenge will be finding enough people
locally to cultivate a group large enough to feel like a community. I think the easier part of my
solution will be the organization/planning. There are lots of resources for students and I think
the local film community would be interested in facilitating this kind of organizing. I also think
it will be relatively easy to create conversation guides, especially in collaboration with peers or
local academics.

5. What are your feelings about actually implementing your feminist solution? Could you? Will
you? What would be the hindrances? What would be the benefits?

I feel very positive about implementing my feminist solution. I feel like with some time and
dedication, I am fully capable of making my solution happen. I do not think I will implement my
feminist solution anytime soon, but it is something I can see myself doing in the future. I think
at this point what would hinder me is that I do not have enough time or enough of a network to
cultivate the kind of gathering I want. The benefits of this event are encouraging the critical
analysis and education of lots of different people on the power and meaning of positive
representation.

For questions 6 - 8, you will revisit the “Introduction” by Mary K. Trigg from Leading the Way:
Young Women’s Activism for Social Change (2009), which you may find electronically in Atkins.
You will write two fully-developed paragraphs for each question. You will also pull from the text
to ground and validate your arguments.

6. How does Trigg define feminist, ethical leadership? What does a collaborative model of
leadership entail? Who are the ethical, feminist leaders?

To Trigg, feminism is a movement that is multifaceted and ever-changing. She notes the general
shift in feminism and acknowledges that it is not the same movement it started as but has the
sentiment that that doesn't mean it is less now than it was when we were fighting for civil rights.
She also established the idea that feminism is based on women’s leadership. She makes it clear
that it is important to incorporate generational shifts into our understanding of new waves of
feminism. She specifically cites the fact that younger generations do not strive for corporate
leadership and that other forms of leadership are more appealing to young feminists.

According to Trigg, the collaborative model of leadership entails “ working as a team, affiliating
and cooperating with others, and learning from those whose programs and initiatives intend to
serve”. Through this,s she states that ethical feminist leaders are those making a grassroots
effort to effect change. Trigg describes several skills that are required for leadership. However,r
all of the skills she listed like public speaking and even more nitty gritty things like organizing
are all learnable and accessible. By this ethical feminist leaders are people who take action to
impart feminism in an intersectional and community-based way.

7. What does Trigg point out about intergenerational leadership and coalition-building?

Trigg points out that feminism has shifted greatly over its second -fourth waves. She cites the
media as a major aspect of this shift. This shift can be seen as a shift to a more inclusive
definition of feminism. In the fourth wave,e there is no perfect feminist and all activism matters
not just those which affect women. Trigg points out that this difference in ideas along with
tropes about feminism fueled by the media, cause intergenerational conflicts in feminist spaces.
Trigg also points out that this conflict flows outside of feminist spaces and into our leadership
relationships.

8. What does Trigg say about the importance of personal narratives/storytelling to feminist
politics?

Trigg points out that personal stories are inherent to feminist politics. Being reflective and
vulnerable with each other is what leads us to realize we do not have to live under the weight of
the patriarchy. When feminists engage in intersectional discussion, stories are shared, theory is
created and social change is cultivated. Trigg specifically discusses the power of women's essays
and the importance of discussions of women's roles in society. Women discussing the gender
divide at work and home have fueled the feminist movement. She also incorporated the idea of
Leadership into personal narrative, when we understand our narrative we build our values,
which we can use to lead us through the next wave of feminism in the twenty-first century.