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Critical Media Project serves youth + educators by offering a wide range of media artifacts that explore the politics of identity across race and ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, disability, religion, age.

Photos from Critical Media Project's post 05/28/2026

The upcoming Michael biopic revisits the life of a global music icon but also raises important questions about race, identity, and representation. 🎤🎥👤

From his changing appearance to his public image, Michael Jackson’s identity has always been complex and contested in the media.

Through a media literacy lens, we can ask: 🔎
How is that complexity being constructed for audiences? What story about Michael Jackson are we being invited to believe?

Photos from Critical Media Project's post 05/11/2026

On Mother’s Day, we celebrate mothers, but it’s also worth reflecting on how the media represents motherhood. 🌷🎥

Portrayals vary from overwhelmed moms to “perfect” caretakers. These depictions inevitably shape what we expect from mothers.

What version of motherhood is being normalized in these depictions? Is there a “perfect” way to be a mother? 🤱🏾

Photos from Critical Media Project's post 04/20/2026

IS BACK for Season 3 ✨

Stylized makeup, and experimental fashion have become central to Euphoria’s visual identity. Essentially, the show actively constructs what adolescence and self-expression look like onscreen.

💭 How does Euphoria shape real-world beauty trends? What is Hollywood’s role in amplifying specific stylistic trends?

Photos from Critical Media Project's post 04/10/2026

It’s Season & there will be a lottt of buzz about festival fashion.. ☀️

Sound off in the comments 🗣️

Where do these trends come from? & What stands out to you?

Photos from Critical Media Project's post 04/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out for tonight’s SOUND OFF! 📣🗣️

Keep an eye out for our future events & send us a DM if you’d like to be added to our mailing list! 📩

Photos from Critical Media Project's post 03/26/2026

Join us at our Sound Off event! 📅

Hosted by Critical Media Project, sound off is a student-led conversation about media and what it means. This event’s theme is “influence”! 🗣️

Bring in your own media (TikToks, TV show clips, Youtube videos etc) related to our theme and come ready to chat!

We’ve got dinner covered 🍕

03/26/2026

Join us at our Sound Off event! 📅

Hosted by Critical Media Project, sound off is a student-led conversation about media and what it means. This event’s theme is “influence”! 🗣️

Bring in your own media (TikToks, TV show clips, Youtube videos etc) related to our theme and come ready to chat!

We’ve got dinner covered 🍕

Photos from Critical Media Project's post 02/04/2026

How has music been used as a rallying cry for change? 🎼

Let’s talk about Protest Songs..

MADE FOR CLASSROOM USE: Teachers, use these discussion questions in the classroom! You can find this example & many more on our website along with free media literacy curricula & resources. Go to CriticalMediaProject.org!

Comment protest anthems you know down below!

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02/03/2026

Why Are We Changing The Maps? 🗺️ West Wing

In this 2001 scene from “The West Wing,” an television show that explored the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House, staff are approached by a group (Cartographers for Social Equality) who seek to change the standard way geography is taught in U.S. schools. They posit that the historical map of the world currently used reinforces European imperialist attitudes, creating an ethnic bias against the Third World, by distorting the relative size of continents and nations.

discussion questions 🔎

Can you identify specific examples presented by the Cartographers for Social Equality in the scene that illustrate how maps are created and potentially distorted?

How do they argue distorted maps contribute to ethnic biases against the Third World, and what consequences do they suggest may arise from these biases?

How are sites on maps typically presented as objective, taken-for-granted realities as opposed to something that’s been constructed and is often reflective of political and cultural ideologies?

Can you think about other ways local or national maps, sites and borders reflect power?

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