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Miss Representation

The film Adam Carolla does not want you to see
Cory Booker, Margaret Cho and Katie Couric
Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom

The most poignant scene in Miss Representation, Jennifer Siebel Newsom's documentary on the sorry state of female imagery in popular culture, is where Newsom reveals that she made the film for her newborn daughter. A teenage athlete molested by her coach, Newsom developed a severe eating disorder and inferiority complex about her looks. She excelled at Stanford University, but when she later ... more >