Commercials+for+Feminism

“Funny” Sexist Situations

Below are the situations we brainstormed to shoot for commercials to advertise feminism. Please add more if you like, and please write FILMED in all caps next to the situation once your group has shot it. 1. Girl walks past nasty, obnoxious dudes on street, who say “Hey Mami, you sexy!” etc., then tell you to say thank you. (Ariel’s actor friend, Natasha) 2. Someone says “oh she runs likes a girl.” Footage of Carlos and Chris running and a girl powering past them. (Chris, Carlos, Kathy, Tiara) 3. Girl listening to friends tell her she must wait for a hard-to-get guy to call her. Shot of her sitting waiting for the call. (Janeth, 4.  Girl cleaning the house while guy sits scratching himself. (Kamaria’s brother and Ariel this weekend) 5.  Guy talks to guy friends, says he really likes this girl but is too shy to ask her out. Guys accuse guy of being “mad gay.” (Kathy + Janeth’s friend +another guy) 6.  Woman asked to fetch coffee at meeting.  7.  Guy pointing out a crazy driver/parker, saying that has to be a woman.  8.  Two girls being super, super nasty and catty about another girl. (Kathy and Tiara)  9.  Guy touches a girl’s butt accidentally-on-purpose on the train.  10.  Guy having an entire conversation with a girl’s boobs. (Complete with shots from guy’s p.o.v.) (Jessica and Nadia)  11.  Clip of two insane women fighting each other over a nasty nasty man. (Kirstine and Kamaria and Drew)  12.  Guy: “I got this! I got this!” spilling change all over the floor trying to pay for a slice for his date, who sits there with her money. (Kirstine and Sapphire tomorrow at bodega after school.) 13. “Let me get that for you!” Guy tries to carry girl’s bag for her, drops it because it’s too heavy.

1. Domestic violence: girl with obvious hand-and-finger-shaped bruises on her arm covers up the bruises/lies about them when friend asks her. (Kathy and Kasia) 2. Manipulation: girl feeling pressured by her boyfriend (blank screen with Ariel’s voice and Ariel’s actor friend.) 3. Sex slavery/human trafficking