From: Jurriaan Bendien (adsl675281@TISCALI.NL)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2007 - 16:02:32 EDT
Ariel Levy Female Chauvinist Pigs 12 April 2007 The John Adams Institute is proud to present a lecture with: Ariel Levy Author Ariel Levy and regular contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post and Vogue, joins us for a lecture on her latest book, Female Chauvinist Pigs. A bold, piercing examination of how twenty-first century American society perceives sex and women. The book cleverly leads us to explore the role models women aspire to emulate. Levy argues that rather than pursuing the confident, self-determined, powerful, free ideal the women's liberation movement would have dreamed for its daughters, we have turned porn stars and strippers and prostitutes into icons. Asking "what does sexy mean today?", Levy argues that the term is defined by a pervasive raunch culture wherein women make sex objects of other women and of ourselves. Levy was called "feminism's newest and most provocative voice, brilliantly laying bare the contradictions and evasions and self-deceptions that pass for empowerment" by Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of The Tipping Point. Heleen Mees, New York based columnist of NRC Handelsblad and author of the upcoming book "Weg met het deeltijd feminisme! Over vrouwen, ambitie en carriere", will moderate the evening. In cooperation with J.M. Meulenhoff Uitgevers (De opkomst van de bimbo-cultuur) and Odeon. Moderator: Heleen Mees (NRC Handelsblad) When:12 April 2007, 8pm Where: Odeon - Singel 460 Amsterdam Admission: JAI members ?12,50 - Discount ?7,50 (I am not going, because I have another engagement, but it would have been interesting) Jurriaan
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