Jean Kilbourne

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Jean Kilbourne
Jean Kilbourne

Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D. (born January 4, 1943) is a social theorist known for her video documentaries on the subject of alcohol and tobacco advertising, and the representation of women in advertising. She is a graduate of Wellesley College.

Among her lectures are Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women, Still Killing Us Softly, and Killing Us Softly 3.

She has also produced several videos:

[edit] Video documentaries

  • Killing Us Softly 3, about advertising's image of women (with Sut Jhally (1999), full video.
  • Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies, and Alcohol, created (with Jackson Katz) (2004) (2004), (trailer).
  • Slim Hopes: Advertising & the Obsession with Thinness (with Sut Jhally (1995), trailer.
  • Pack of Lies: the Advertising of Tobacco (with Sut Jhally (1992).


According to her official biography, she has lectured at more than half of the colleges and universities in America.

[edit] Publications

  • Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel.
  • Advertising's Influence on Media Content an essay from the book Perspectives on Contemporary Issues by Katherine Anne Ackley.

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