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Syracuse Symposium Hosts Discussion on Women, Scandal, Social Media Oct. 25

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, By Amy Manley
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The panel will discuss “Glamour and Damage: Women, Scandal, and Social Media Networks,” using Steve Martin’s “The Underpants,” above, as a launchpad. (Photo by Michael Davis)

Syracuse SymposiumTM continues its “Networks” theme with a panel discussion on the media’s portrayal of women—from gossip circles in the early 20th century to modern-day social networks—and its ensuing impact on gender bias.

Titled “Glamour and Damage: Women, Scandal, and Social Media Networks,” the event will take place on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. at Syracuse Stage (820 E. Genesee St.), immediately following the matinee performance of Steve Martin’s “The Underpants.”

The discussion, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by Syracuse Stage and the Humanities Center, based in the College of Arts and Sciences. For more information, call 315-443-7192 or visit http://syracusehumanities.org.

Using “The Underpants” as a launchpad, the discussion will explore how women have been characterized, victimized, shamed and sensualized throughout history.

underpants_panalistfinalKal Alston, professor of cultural foundations of education in the School of Education and Syracuse’s senior vice president for human capital development; Harriet Brown, associate professor of magazine journalism in the Newhouse School of Public Communications; and Christine Courtade Hirsch, assistant professor of communication studies at SUNY Oswego.

Running through Nov. 8, “The Underpants” is a witty commentary on gender politics and instant celebrity. Adapted from Carl Sternheim’s 1911 work “Die Hose,” the play is set in early 20th-century Germany, and follows one woman’s “very public wardrobe malfunction.”

Show tickets may be purchased by calling 315-443-3275 or visiting http://syracusestage.org.

 

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