Erin Spencer Media

Dear Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr., My name is Erin Spencer and I’m writing a letter about my concern for how asking for consent has been portrayed in the media. There is an astounding lack of consent being asked for in our television shows and movies. After watching 8 hours’ worth of shows that have been made in the last 10 years, my colleagues and I found only 1 instance of someone verbally asking for consent. That’s only 1 out of 70 instances of initiated romantic contact. That’s extremely concerning to me.   A 2010 study done by Dr. Melanie Beres, a professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, found that most college students believe that asking for explicitly consent is awkward or uncomfortable and prefer to initiate romantic or sexual contact non-verbally. This can’t continue if we are trying to normalize giving and receiving consent! We have to find ways to show people that not only is consent necessary, it can also be romantic. So, I am asking you, as CEO of Netflix to comm

This week, I watched Tangled (3D!!!!) with my nieces and nephew (ages 4, 7, and 9). The youngest, Charlotte did not  know why we were wearing glasses, and mostly had them off the whole time. I was worried that she wouldn't like watching it, because the movie is completely blurry without the glasses on, but it seemed like it didn't bother her at all! It reminded me of when I used to go to the 3-D movies and wear those red and blue paper glasses (oh, how technology has changed!), but I wouldn't wear them, because they didn't fit my face! I, too, watched some completely blurry movies. You gotta do what you gotta do to be comfortable lol. Anyway, I forgot how much that movie makes me FEEL THINGS!!! The part on the lake? With the lanterns? Let me tell you, that is an incredible experience in 3-D.  I really really connected with the part right before the lanterns come out and Eugene and Rapunzel are just sitting waiting for it to start.  Rapunzel looks thoughtful and says,  &

The COVID-19 outbreaks brought on a slew of information, which we turned solely to media to make sense of the panic we were feeling. Unfortunately, the media we turned to then framed our idea of what was going on for the rest of the year.  It is so scary to me how quickly social media speeds false information. And it's even scarier that we see people turning to new apps because they "don't censor". I understand the point of view that censorship can be scary. In the view of some people, it easily covers up truths that society or the government doesn't want you to hear. On the other hand, if we can't trust media, who can we trust? If the government really is keeping things from us through FACEBOOK, what can we trust? What can we believe? Why is your truth, from conspiracy theory websites, more accurate than my truth, from mainstream, but highly rated media companies? WHY IS TRUTH SO RELATIVE?? Okay this is a chaotic post, mostly just full of ramblings, but the m