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California Governor Gavin Newsom’s wife makes “gender justice” movies and sells them to the state public education system through her non-profit, The Representation Project. By 2023, she had charged the state $1.5 million for her “gender justice” movies. That’s a screaming example of a conflict of interest. If that’s not enough, the governor requested nonprofits and private corporations to contribute to his wife’s charity before taking their side on state issues.
“Newsom’s ‘The Representation Project’ was heavily criticized in 2019 for accepting $358,000 in donations from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), the utility company responsible for some of the state’s worst wildfires. PG&E is listed as an associate producer on two of Siebel Newsom’s films and hosted a screening of her first movie, Miss Representation, in 2011, when Gavin Newsom was mayor of San Francisco,” the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Open the Books previously reported that while the governor engaged in the highly unethical practice of soliciting 1,000 state vendors for $10.6 million in campaign cash, the first partner, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, solicited state vendors and the governor’s campaign donors for large gifts to her charity, The Representation Project.
But it gets even stranger – this is a job description from 2023 as a “Gender Equity Training Program Facilitator” at the Representation Project provided by a source:
Position Description:
Do Cool Work That Matters! The Rep Project is looking for the best and the brightest to join our team. As a leading gender justice global non-profit, we fight sexism through films, education, research, and activism. Join us in this important work as a part-time Gender Equity Training Program Facilitator.
Position Overview
The Gender Justice Curriculum Facilitator will teach The Representation Project’s gender justice curriculum in local high schools in Los Angeles. This part-time role involves facilitating eight modules that cover media literacy, challenging harmful gender norms, mental health, healthy relationships, sex education, and advocacy for gender justice.
Here is the actual notice:
Position-Description_-Gender-Equity-Training-Program-Facilitator copy
The language is very specific – this is a independent contractor position with no benefits:
The Gender Equity Training Program Facilitator is a contracted part-time position based in Los Angeles.
This position also appears to be a violation of the 2019 Assembly Bill 5, one of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature pet projects, which killed off most independent contractor jobs in California.
The actual job application is surprising – the Representation Project asks applicants their age, gender identity, pronouns, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation – most of which are legally prohibited in California on job applications.
The Globe submitted a California Public Records Act Request to LAUSD seeking documents and communications regarding The Representation Project, as well as for the position of “Gender Equity Training Program Facilitator.” We received an acknowledgment from LAUSD six days ago and will report back when LAUSD responds.
If you forgot what kind of movies the “First Partner” has been making, in 2023 the Globe reported on Siebel Newsom’s filmmaking scheme after Open the Books’ exposé:
“While her husband attends to state business, Siebel Newsom engages in her passion: advancing ‘gender justice’ through her charitable nonprofit The Representation Project. According to tax documents the organization is ‘committed to building a thriving and inclusive society through films, education, and social activism.’
Jennifer Siebel Newsom solicited state vendors and the governor’s campaign donors for large gifts to her charity, The Representation Project.
Siebel Newsom, through her non-profit The Representation Project, has released four films advocating gender justice. The films are leased for screenings to individuals, corporations, and schools, and come with their own lesson plans. Schools spend between $49-$599 to screen these movies to children.
With her Governor husband, who would dare deny her solicitations?”
“The organization also runs a youth media training program in Oakland and Los Angeles, which it describes as training the next generation of ‘social justice filmmakers.’”
“Because of Gavin Newsom’s role in these films and because licenses are sold to schools which the governor is responsible for funding with tax dollars, auditors at OpenTheBooks.com felt the organization deserved further scrutiny.”
“Who’s Watching? 2.6 million students in 5,000 schools.”
Influence Watch reported “Between 2011 and 2023, the group has raised roughly $17,489,680 in revenue.”
“Auditors at OpenTheBooks.com watched Newsom’s movies and read the lesson plans. What we found was, at times, shocking: sexually explicit images, political boosterism, and something called ‘The Genderbread Person:’”
Siebel Newsom’s film The Mask You Live In, which features the website addresses of porn sites including Porn Hub, MassiveCams, BDSM.XXX, and Brazzers.com. The pornographic images displayed in the film are tagged with descriptions such as “domination,” “face fuck,” “kinky couples,” and “…dirty brunettes.”
“Siebel Newsom included images of naked or mostly naked women being slapped, handcuffed, and brutalized in pornographic videos. The pictures are graphic even when blurred. Screenshots of those scenes can be found HERE (VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED).” The movie claims it will show “how we, as a society, can raise a healthier generation of boys and young men,” and will help “shape the national conversation around healthy masculinity.”
The Globe watched the Misrepresentation Middle School movie as well. It’s a documentary, but it hammers strong feminist and “gender justice” messages for school kids ages 11-14:
- Women as sex objects
- Women/girls “in a disempowered position”
- Few female protagonists in movies
- women/girls portrayed as only seeking men, husbands, marriage, pregnancy
- boys should be trained to not be “hyper masculine” or “misogynistic”
- Middle school children are served images of upside-down strippers with little left to the imagination
- the “genderbread person,” who aims to show children how biological sex, “gender expression,” “sexual attraction,” and “gender identity” exist on a spectrum, which can be mixed and matched.
The movie is not age appropriate for Middle Schoolers, and really should not have any place in school curriculum. It is pure propaganda.
Open the Books also exposes lesson plans from The Representation Project which promote radical gender and sexuality messages:
While kindergarteners are spared the genderbread person in their curriculum, they are offered similar lessons on “gender identity,” introducing genders other than “boy” and “girl.”
Siebel Newsom’s program also features Redesign: An Intersectional Feminist Zine is a powerful creation from our 2023-24 Youth Advisory Council. This project “redesigns” gender norms, expectations, and roles while honoring the change-makers who came before us. We’re proud to amplify these youth voices and their unique perspectives on gender justice, exploring topics such as masculinity, body image, and misogynistic extremism.
The Representation Project now features GET: THE PROJECT, “a bold, new strategic initiative from The Representation Project that provides comprehensive tools to empower youth, educators, counselors, coaches, and parents to leverage film and media for cultural change within their communities. Developed in collaboration with experts in curriculum design, gender justice, education, mental health, and youth advocacy, and with insightful input from our Youth Advisory Council, the program is offered FREE to all.”
GET stands for “Gender Equity Training.” Mrs. Newsom is pushing DEI at GET: THE PROJECT:
You can get a “SNEAK PEAK AT OUR FIRST INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST ZINE PRODUCED BY GET: THE PROJECT, YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL,” at the GET: The Project.
Redesign: An Intersectional Feminist Zine is a powerful creation from our 2023-24 Youth Advisory Council. This project “redesigns” gender norms, expectations, and roles while honoring the change-makers who came before us. We’re proud to amplify these youth voices and their unique perspectives on gender justice, exploring topics such as masculinity, body image, and misogynistic extremism.
“Check out our first intersectional feminist zine.”
A “Zine” is a magazine that is a “noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter,” according to Merriam-Webster.
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Author: Katy Grimes
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