Draw your own conclusions… WHAT’S YOUR POINT, HONEY?

The Suffragists struggled mightily to earn women the right to vote. The fight continues to get women on the ballot to vote for. Despite the fact the United States’ population is 51% female, only 16% of our governorships and 18% of the House and the Senate are comprised of women. Leave it to CosmoGirl! to reinvigorate the movement with Project 2024.

The editorial initiative/reader contest cherry-picked ten young women for provocative and educational internships in hopes the jobs would hone their leadership skills readying them for a possible presidential run in 2024. The efforts are chronicled in WHAT’S YOUR POINT, HONEY? an amiable, if aimless, documentary. Filmmakers Amy Sewell (MAD HOT BALLROOM) and Susan Toffler (COST OF LIVING) introduce us to the “winners” in much the way you meet contestants on The Bachelor — visit the hometown, meet the parents, pet the dog. Interspersed are chats with feminist matriarch Gloria Steinem and with Marie Wilson, President and Founder of The White House Project. Additionally, there are recurring glimpses of a trio of eight-year-old girls and their tween counterparts. Apparently, they are present to alert viewers how girls lose their independent streaks as they enter their commodified puberties. Ironically, the first half hour of WHAT’S YOUR POINT, HONEY?  plays like an infomercial for CosmoGirl! even though the magazine trumpets pre-teen sexualization of its readers through its ads and superficial content. Should their editors appear on-screen reprimanding others for not accepting young women as viable candidates? (I prefer the journalistic candor of the editors in AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. Check out my interview with that film’s director Darryl Roberts.)

WHAT’S YOUR POINT, HONEY? clearly wishes to inspire a new women’s movement yet succeeds most in conveying the charms of its subjects, not their political potential.

Now, draw your own conclusions. When do you think a woman will be elected President? And, do you have any suspicions who the lucky (and qualified!) lady might be? The smartest and/or funniest responses will win prizes if posted on the blog by Noon on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009.

Lastly, according to Darryl Roberts, where were runway models banned for being too skinny? Correct answers received by Noon on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 will also be eligible for a prize.