BALOG COLUMN: ‘You can’t be what you can’t see’- Charleston Post and Courier

One of the women in the movie trailer says, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” The film looks at how women are represented across the media. It’s not a very flattering portrait.

“There are real double standards and certainly the election process makes that clear,” said Alison Piepmeier, director of the college’s women’s and gender studies program. “It’s really distressing when candidates who are women are scrutinized because of how they look.”

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