Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Jennifer is a filmmaker, actress, spokesperson and advocate. She wrote, directed and produced the documentary film Miss Representation, which debuted at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and made its national broadcast premiere on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. She is the Founder and CEO of MissRepresentation.org, a call-to-action campaign to empower women and girls to challenge limiting labels in order to realize their potential.
Newsom graduated with honors from Stanford University and Stanford Graduate School of Business. She worked in Africa, Latin America, and Europe on assignments with Conservation International, a global environmental organization, where her primary focus was providing micro-enterprise opportunities to women. After business school, she moved to Los Angeles where she performed in numerous films and TV shows, including In the Valley of Elah, Something’s Gotta Give, Rent, The Nanny Express, Trauma, Life, Mad Men, and Numb3rs. Newsom formed Girls Club Entertainment, LLC as an umbrella entertainment company to develop and produce independent films with strong social, political, and cultural significance, focused primarily on empowering women. Newsom is married to California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and they have two children.
http://www.jennifersiebel.com8 Responses to Jennifer Siebel Newsom
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Jennifer, I’m not sure if you saw this. I found it really disturbing and demeaning to women. http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/12/hms-new-lingerie-models-are-computer-generated.html
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Lori Coleman says:
I recently saw you speak at CREW San Francisco and wanted to direct your attention to a song called “When I was a boy” by Dar Williams. You mention your next project is about boys and you may find inspiration. This song is a beautiful tune and story about the young experiences of both boys and girls before social roles take hold.
I write this as I am watching MissRepresentation. Thank you.
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Chuck Formoso says:
Dear Jennifer,
We could feel the sincerity in your hear how pure it is. Your goal to empower girls and boys is the most critical solution to most of our problems today.
The most effective way to do this is to know who we are and if we only focus on this earthly plain we miss the big reality. I every child learns that we are a spiritual being and just like we need to feed the body the spirit must also be nourished and grow to appear in the utmost beauty.
thank you for your efforts
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jane gannon says:
Someone should give you a tee-shirt, Jennifer: you should run for President (after Obama)!
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Sandra janich says:
Could you share the contact information of the father in park city, Utah? I also live in park city and would be interested what he is doing and explore if our interests and ideas are a good match.
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Carly Calbreath says:
I was just curious if your organization had made any attempts to reach out to Greek systems across American universities in particular. I am currently an undergraduate at UCLA and although I am not in a sorority, my experiences with friends in the system have displayed the considerable power and influence these institutions have over their members. Recently, all members of fraternities and sororities at my school were required to watch a documentary on the challenges of LGBTQ community. It seems like this would be an ideal opportunity to spark discussion and commitment to this cause. I also want to thank you for all this. My sister is ten years younger than I, and this is the first time I have actually considered that she may be better off in the world than I was.
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Susan Ingrahm Kelly says:
As a mother to three daughters I found the telling of this story realistic, fair and beautifully told. It upsets me to see that the value of women undervalued, and saddened to know that stereotypes continue. Happy to know that the number of women with advanced degrees is on the rise outnumbering boys. Ultimately what we all should wish for, and work for is fairness, and appreciation for the potential of both genders. Thanks for the creation of, and energy put forth to share this important information.
What is the most important thing we can do to empower younger generations to effectively challenge the status quo given that studios and corporations make so much money off a narrow representation of females?