The winners of the 2021 Feminists for Liberty Video contest addressed issues as diverse as police misconduct, self-defense & gun rights, domestic violence, sex work, and black women & libertarianism in interesting and unique ways.
Join Feminists for Liberty President ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง and Executive Director ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข in celebrating both experienced and rookie filmmakers who want to free individuals from sex-, gender-, or sexuality-related constraints on their choice of education, occupation, family, or lifestyle!
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This two-panel event will feature conversations with both some of our 2021 contest judges, and some of the winning filmmakers.
PANEL ONE
๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง, an impact producer at the production company Just Add Firewater, has had her work featured in national news outlets including NPR, the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Good Morning America and People magazine. Jensen earned a Guinness World Record in 2012 for organizing the worldโs largest movie premiere, with 28,442 people in attendance.
๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Free the People, which uses pop-culture and video storytelling to turn on the โliberty curious,โ and is also Co-Founder and Partner at Fight the Power Productions, a strategic communications firm focused on video production, social media branding, and compelling storytelling.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ is a writer and video journalist living in Los Angeles. She currently works as a multimedia reporter at Investorโs Business Daily and was previously a Searle Film Fellow at Reason. Her writing can also be found in The New York Times, New York Magazineโs The Cut, and Los Angeleno.
๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ is a creative director at Pacific Legal Foundation, where she tells stories through film, photography, language, and design. Her films have been accepted into the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, IMDBโs Top Shorts, and Reason Media Awards. Prior to joining PLF, Jaclyn directed the classical liberal YouTube channel, Learn Liberty and, from 2010 to 2013, Jaclyn studied sexology under AASECT-certified educator and sexologist, Megan Andelloux. Together, they co-authored a review published in the American Journal of Sexuality Education.
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๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ is a 25-years-long libertarian activist. She served as Political Director and Executive Director for the Libertarian National Committee from 2011 to 2017, received the Libertarian Partyโs Thomas Paine Award for Oustanding Communication of Libertarian Ideas in 2018, and was the Communications Director for Jo Jorgensen for President in 2020. Howell composes and records libertarian-themed songs, and describes her winning video entry as โa music video that portrays guns as they really are: a life-saving means of self-defense.โ
๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ is a writer with bylines in The Week, Newsweek, Forbes, The Daily Beast, VICE Motherboard, Reason magazine, Talking Points Memo, Ravishly, Kink and Code, and other publications. Her newsletter is Sex and the State. She is also head of content at a tech startup, VP of Comms for the San Francisco Sex-Positive Democratic Club, and a regular contributor to Exponents Magazine. Her winning entry explains โwhy the liberty movement should focus more on decriminalizing sex work in the whoring 20s.โ<
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and political communications professional. She currently serves as public relations director for the Libertarian Party of Queens, outreach director for Outright Libertarians, and interim campaign manager for Thomas Quiter. She also does web design with Crimson Red Digital Marketing Solutions. โLibertarianism and feminism are not at odds with one another,โ Coyle explains in her winning entry.
๐๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ is a freelance journalist based in Seattle, WA. In the past, she served as Press Secretary to Congressman Bob Dold in Illinoisโs 6th Congressional district. She covers Black Lives Matter, addiction, mental healthcare, and political extremism. In the summer of 2020, Nikki West embedded herself inside the Seattle Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd. Her winning video essay chronicles her journey of an ordinary citizen whose world becomes rocked by state violence and the riots that followed.
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐จ has been involved in libertarian politics and activism in various ways for the past 15 years. She has degrees in economics and business law, and practices real estate in Orange County, CA. Rajani is the newly elected Treasurer of Libertarian Party of Orange County. Her winning entry is โa high-level overview of intimate partner violence and its connection to libertarian feminist activism.โ
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Attendance is free, but you must register to be admitted into the Zoom.
