Note: this post originally appeared on my blog on May 24th, 2024. I am republishing…
Elena RossiniSeptember 10, 2024
Article Highlights
- New York Magazine / The Cut – “Q&A: The Woman Trying to Ignite Discussion About the Globalization of Beauty Standards”
- VOGUE Italia – “Just an Illusion” by Martina Liverani
- Indiewire – “indieWIRE’s Project of the Day”
- Upworthy – “Advertising Seems Harmless … Until You See It For What It Really Is”
- Jezebel – “Documentary The Illusionists Tackles How Corporations Sell Beauty”
TV & Radio Highlights
- WBAL (NBC Baltimore) – “Film seeks to promote positive body images” (November 17th 2015)
- WBFF Fox45 – Fox 45 Live Interview – 4:00 PM News Broadcast (November 16th 2015) – not available online
- NPR’s “Take Two” – “The Illusionists: the documentary that explores the costs of beauty on a global scale” (May 13th 2016)
Other Interviews
- Mic – “The Disturbing Effect Our Beauty Standards Have on Women Across the World”
- Daily Life Australia – “The Illusionists: ‘Happy people make bad consumers'”
- Teen Vogue – “The Problematic Reason Kim Kardashian Became a Beauty Icon”
- Yahoo! Beauty – “On the Globalization of Beauty Standards”
- The Gloss – “This Documentary Will Remind You To Always Question Beauty Standards In Advertising”
- GirlTalkHQ – “Female Filmmakers Creating A Social Change Movement Thru Documentaries”
- Sociological Images – “New Documentary: The Illusionists”
- Indiewire – “How Do You Get Past the Gate-Keepers of Film Festivals and Distributors? Filmmaker Elena Rossini Has an Idea”
- Women You Should Know – “A Film About The Marketing Of Unattainable Beauty Ideals Needs Our Help”
- Feministing – “Fund the Media You Want to See in the World”
- Il Sole 24 Ore – “Il Marketing della Bellezza” (in Italian)
- Rolling Stone (Italy) – “Karen Carpenter: ancora una tragedia, trent’anni dopo” (in Italian)
- 85 Broads – “Women Helping Women”
- The FBomb – “The Illusionists: How Insecurity Sells”
- The Grindstone – “Career Lessons From A Young Female Film Director”
- Shaping Youth – “Shaping Youth Is Backing The Illusionists Film About Media’s Body Blitz”
- Melinda Tankard Reist – “New documentary film The Illusionists shows how insecurity sells”
- Stop Hating Your Body
- Lost in Cheeseland – “Your Help Needed for The Illusionists”
- Live Paola – “The Illusionists: Help fund it on Kickstarter”
- Running in Heels – “The Illusionists: A Body Image Revolution”
- Her Campus – “Documentary In The Works Takes On Unattainable Beauty Standards”
- Beauty Redefined – “If Beauty Hurts, We’re Doing it Wrong”
- Musings of an Inappropriate Woman
- Adios Barbie – “Help Expose the Real Illusionists”
- Already Gorgeous – “Interview with Elena Rossini”
- Pigtail Pals – Redefine Girly! – “The Illusionists: Kickstarting a Body Image Revolution”
- The FBomb – Saturday Vids: “Ideal Women”
- Expatica – “Lost in Cheeseland: Interview with writer, filmmaker and photographer Elena Rossini”
- Endangered Species – “The Illusionists”
- DOX Magazine – “People Helping People” (page 11-12)
Featured Posts & Photography
- The Beheld – “Where My Girls At? Guest Post from The Illusionists filmmaker Elena Rossini”
- Gender Across Borders – “Bodies, Inc.”
- indieWIRE’s Women & Hollywood – “5 Lessons for Young Female Directors by Elena Rossini”
- Jezebel.com – French Women Rise Up Against Coverage Of Strauss-Kahn Scandal
- Jezebel.com – France Has An Image Problem
- The Women’s International Perspective
- Jezebel.com – “Italians Protest Berlusconi”
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