Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies & Alcohol

http://www.mediaed.org

Spin the Bottle offers an indispensable critique of the role that contemporary popular culture plays in glamorizing excessive drinking and high-risk behaviors. Award-winning media critics Jackson Katz and Jean Kilbourne contrast these distorted representations with the often disturbing and dangerous ways that alcohol consumption affects the lives of real young men and women. Illustrating their analysis with numerous examples, Katz and Kilbourne decode the power and influence these seductive media images have in shaping gender identity, which is linked to the use of alcohol. Nowhere is this link more cause for concern than on America�s college campuses.

By exploring the college party scene, Spin the Bottle shows the difficulties students have in navigating a cultural environment saturated with messages about gender and alcohol. Interviews with campus health professionals provide a clear picture of how drinking impacts student health and academic performance, but it is the students� own experiences and reflections that tell the real story behind alcohol�s alluring public image.

Spin the Bottle concludes with concrete strategies for countering the ubiquitous presence of alcohol propaganda and challenges young people to make conscious decisions about their own lives.

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[babybunnyberry]

I think you're missing the point here: this is cultural analysis, meaning, "what things do we associate with alcohol, and why do we link them in our minds as a culture". This is not about blaming a brand of beer for bored undergraduates' pasttimes. In other cultures alcohol is linked to other activities and ideas, and, hence, produces different effects.

[Katooni]

ding ding ding carol, well done ^_^ you are exactly right, not only does it make raping easier (can't fight off unwanted advances) the rapist gets away with his terrible crime because "she was drunk it's her fault" and not only does it serve as a tool for the rapist it also serves as an excuse for him also "I was drinking, I didn't mean to do it, I had no control"

[MissHingu]

0:32 lol american pie

[HabibiGone]

Where can I watch this for free?

[diddakwan]

I want that (1:26 min) guys number!

[ThanatosBeMyGuide]

this reminds me of the High School health class propaganda films they used to show

[Azur228]

Go to their homepage, there should be a free preview option. Then use your browser to zoom in few times.

They have lots of really good documetaries there.

[BearKlaw]

I'd like to see this movie.

[BadAssSamurai]

i dont think acohol is the problem, i mean sure it's advertised alot and wotever but the problem is the people, the ones who dont know wen to STOP drinkin. i mean if the alcohol wasnt there they'd just get high or snashed on summut else so ya cant really blame the product for their stupidness.

[mooktank]

Well said