By: Nicki Gilmour
Six years ago, with the support of the The White House Project, CosmoGirl! launched Project 2024, an initiative to get more young women involved in politics so that we could see a day when just as many women as men run for the highest office in the country – getting beyond gender to agenda. “What’s your point, honey?” puts a new face on political leadership by introducing seven possible contenders coming down the pipeline, while revealing inequalities that still exist today.
I caught up with film-makers Amy Sewell (Mad Hot Ballroom) and Susan Toffler to chat about feminism, leadership and their reasons for making the documentary. They are both highly engaging women and have explored interesting themes in this film highlighting different perspectives such as what children think of equality, having a female president, how father’s want the best for their daughters, and how generation Y is responding to the world around them.
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