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About Getting Played, the Second Annual Symposium on Equity in the Entertainment Industry and Awards

 

Getting Played: who's playing you?! is a 2010 documentary about  inequities in the entertainment industry and inspiration for this symposium. Not only are Industry workers subjected to rampant employment discrimination, entertainment media shapes who we are. Whether one compares the increasing support of marriage equality to the number of LGBT characters on television, or the objectification of women in our society to the sexualization of female characters across all media, it is clear that the images we see everyday - including those that are fictional - compel our thoughts and behaviors en masse. Join us as we engage a panel of distinguished leaders from the fields of entertainment, psychology, law, business, social justice, and education in a discussion that includes solutions to the current inequities from casting to directing that shape what we see on the big and small screens. We will conclude our afternoon by honoring a select few courageous heroes who advance Industry equity in their everyday lives.

Infographic used with permission. All rights reserved. GLAAD © 2013

Stanford University

February 27, 2016  ~ 1-5pm

Sponsored by Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric and Stanford Arts Office of the Associate Dean.

Additional thanks to VPUE, Novel Approach LLC, What The ... Productions, and The Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

Note that CalTrain will be utilizing a Bus Bridge between Hayward Park and Burlingame stations on the 27th. Please plan accordingly.

Driving Directions

Public Transportation

Parking

The Symposium will be held in Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building, 355 Roth Way, between the Cantor Arts Center and Parking Structure 1, Stanford, CA 94305

Questions? Please contact

KTarr[at]Stanford[dot]edu

Printed programs will be provided upon request only. We also encourage attendees to travel via public transportation or carpool and consider the environment when selecting options including bringing personal water bottles to fill at water stations within the McMurtry Building.

 

Oshman Hall is wheelchair accessible. Attendees who require a disability accommodation should contact the Diversity and Access Office (650) 725-0326. Thank you!

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