New Documentary on Young Women's Sexuality

I recently learned of a new documentary film that may be of interest to readers. In "Subjectified: Nine Young Women Talk About Sex," director Melissa Tapper Goldman interviews nine U.S. women from different backgrounds and locations about their sexuality and experiences.

The film attempts to overcome stereotypes and assumptions using women's own words, "to overwrite some of these associations, with something more real, more nuanced, deeper and more heartfelt."

Goldman writes:

This project began as a simple question and a simple frustration. I thought I understood the motivations and pressures regarding girls’ sexuality within the community where I grew up, but I had no clue what sexuality meant for other women around the country... The stories were both more sophisticated and more powerful than what I had anticipated.

Readers in and around the Boston area can attend a free film screening, followed by a Q&A with the director and one of the women featured in the film. The event will take place at MIT in Cambridge on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m.  The screening is part of the "Chicks Make Flicks" series.

Others who are interested can keep up with the film on Facebook and Twitter.