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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

thank you for linking my writing!

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 08/05/2025

AOC doesn’t wait for legacy media to frame her with dignity—she does it herself. From eye-level photos to livestreams on policy in her kitchen, she’s reclaiming the frame and redefining what leadership looks like. @azzacohen.bsky.social explains

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Split Screen: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reclaims the frame

The New York congresswoman doesn't let others define her.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 11/04/2025

In 1972, Shirley Chisholm made history as the first black woman to run for a major party's presidential nomination. But the camera told a different story. @azzacohen.bsky.social unpacks how visual framing still shapes who we see as a leader.

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Split Screen: Shirley Chisholm, cropped out of history

Photography can shape public perception of candidates. Continually showing a woman candidate alone makes it look as if she doesn't have support.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12/04/2025

Patterns of visual sexism in the images we are shown can shape how we perceive candidates. @azzacohen.bsky.social examines the candidacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to run for a major party's presidential nomination

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Split Screen: Shirley Chisholm, cropped out of history

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

ICYMI: my first post of #splitscreen for @contrariannews.org. When you see visual sexism -- images of women in power that undermine their authority -- DM me with your ideas for the column.

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Welcome to Split Screen

In my regular column, I'll look at the ways images shape perception.

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Thank you so much David! I appreciate the kind words.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 31/03/2025

From Trump’s power optics to Biden’s eye-level respect, the camera doesn’t lie. @azzacohen.bsky.social explores the visual politics of presidential military moments.

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Split Screen: The Visual Politics of Presidential Military Moments

The camera doesn't lie, even when the words might.

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

thank you for the kind note! DM me your ideas if you see visual sexism

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/03/2025

Really hard to beat the Grand Tetons from the sky. Protect our public lands 💜

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

In my 1st piece for @contrariannews.org, I wrote of an old boss and his toxic sexism. I was nervous to publish even 8 yrs later. A former colleague reached out privately to say it resonated and gave her courage. I cannot tell you how much it meant to me. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. TELL YOUR STORY.

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Welcome to Split Screen

In my regular column, I'll look at the ways images shape perception.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 28/03/2025

"The way we frame powerful women visually reflects and reinforces how we see them in the real world, outside the camera’s frame" In her latest piece, @azzacohen.bsky.social explains how the way we capture people in photographs, and women specifically, mirrors social biases

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Split Screen: Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, The New Yorker

Seemingly neutral choices add up to a larger narrative about powerful women.

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

thank you for the kind words David!

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

A really smart article by @azzacohen.bsky.social on how a photo choice about a powerful woman, Kamala Harris, was used to frame an article about her. contrarian.substack.com/p/split-scre...

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Split Screen: Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, The New Yorker

Seemingly neutral choices add up to a larger narrative about powerful women.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

“The image seems fine at first glance. Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, captured mid-sentence by Reuters photographer Kai Pfaffenbach. The New Yorker used this photograph to accompany Peter…” @azzacohen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Split Screen: Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, The New Yorker

Seemingly neutral choices add up to a larger narrative about powerful women.

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

My latest SPLIT SCREEN column for @contrariannews.org examines a @newyorker.com image. Don't get me wrong -- I love TNY, they literally bought my first film -- but we must call in news orgs to do better framing powerful women. Lmk what you think! Edited as ever by brilliant @jamieriley.bsky.social

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Split Screen: Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference, The New Yorker

Seemingly neutral choices add up to a larger narrative about powerful women.

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Friends in Boston/Cambridge -- come to my seminar series at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social Institute of Politics! We'll talk cameras, women, and politics. Link to register below for Harvard folks #splitscreen iop.harvard.edu/events/split...

A poster for Split Screen my forthcoming seminar at Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. A white woman looks at the camera wearing a grey suit and white shirt with brown hair. The text appears in black and white over a purple background.

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I still can't believe I get to write for @contrariannews.org !! Thank you @33domenica.bsky.social and @normeisen.bsky.social for badass leadership and @jamieriley.bsky.social for brilliant editing.

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

appreciate you Anne-Lie -- it's so true that it shapes our opportunities, so we better do a better job shaping our images 🎥

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C. Lou~ @cyndilou.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Credit due: bsky.app/profile/azza...

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Anne-Lie Lokko @lokkomotion.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

How we portray women in public life shapes their opportunities. Journalist and filmmaker Azza Cohen will explore this in her new column, examining cases of visual sexism every other week—an important perspective for anyone who wants a fairer future.

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Azza Cohen @azzacohen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

My first column for @contrariannews.org is out today, edited by the brilliant @jamieriley.bsky.social. SPLIT SCREEN will investigate images of women in power from a cinematographer's perspective. Together, we can uncover and address visual sexism. contrarian.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

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Welcome to Split Screen

In my regular column, I'll look at the ways images shape perception.

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