Gavin Newsom’s wife pushed sexist films into schools — with government help

The wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom Jennifer Siebel Newsom is a filmmaker whose documentaries have been seen by millions – but not just because of talent.

Siebel Newsom relies on her powerful husband and her board of education to perpetuate the specter of “toxic masculinity” in classrooms, positioning her husband as the enlightened savior of Democracy — all while raking in $300,000 annually for his nonprofit, The Advocacy Project, and the for-profit Girls Club Entertainment.

“I opened the eyes of boys and men and looked at the problem of boys in America and how we were defeating our boys and men with this strong idea of ​​toxic masculinity,” said Siebel Newsom about one of her films in an interview.

Newsom is portrayed as a humble talking head in Siebel Newsom’s films “Miss Representation” and “The Great American Lie” along with a group of left-wing activists, Democratic politicians and academics who bombard viewers with progressive totems like raising the minimum wage as a solution to gender inequality.

“We have the ability to step up and solve big problems … it’s just a question of prioritization, of political will,” Newsom said on The Great American Lie in what could easily pass for a stump speech.

Even the liberal New York Times called the latest film “absurd” because it was directed by the partner of a top Democratic leader – but the relationship was not revealed to unsuspecting viewers.

In addition, Newsom’s own Department of Education released his wife’s documents from state legal guidelines — after the Advocacy Project boasted in a 2014 tax filing that its films and “lessons” were used in 1,000 California public schools.

Newsom’s Board of Education praised Siebel Newsom’s controversial health education guidelines in 2019 — shortly after becoming governor — that were later adopted by the state education department. The guide has sparked heated debate for its focus on sexuality and gender identity.

In 2020, the Department of Education worked with partners, including Siebel Newsom’s state-funded Office of First Partners, to push “emotional learning” in low-performing California schools — and recommended her films in classrooms.

“We’ve seen the lowest reading rates we’ve ever had in the state. And we’ve seen the lowest math rates we’ve ever had in the state,” said Assembly Member David Tangipa.

“This is a clear attempt to educate the next generation of Californians. It is very easy to control an uneducated group,” added Tangipa. “For the first time in history, this generation is more educated than our parents and grandparents.”

Forty-four percent of California’s 11th graders were not meeting academic standards by 2024, according to the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress. About 70% were below the math average.

The Representation Project, founded by Siebel Newsom in 2011 when her husband was lieutenant governor, is licensing her gender-focused documentary trilogy — “Miss Representation,” “The Mask You Live In,” and “The Great American Lie” — and another film called “Fair Play” to K-12 schools, universities, $90, $10 to $50. according to its website.

Her for-profit outfit, Girls Club, produces films at the Newsoms mansion, a $9 million property in Kentfield, Calif.

The Advocacy Project’s curriculum includes critical activities such as the “Right to Walk” to screen students by race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic status. Some textbooks ask middle school students about terms like pansexuality using a diagram labeled “The Genderbread Person.”

In addition to free screenings in struggling classes in California, Siebel Newsom – the daughter of a multimillionaire Republican – in the 2021 impact report said that 5,000 schools in the 50 states of the US have shown her films, reaching 2.8 million students.

The Representation Project earned more than $3 million in screenings and sales of the film, paying Siebel Newsom a $150,000 salary and additional reimbursements worth $150,000 a year, per IRS filing.

Siebel Newsom did not respond to The Post’s questions about her nonprofit.

Siebel Newsom’s films have been shown in school districts like Campbell Union and Stanislaus County, where some parents were reportedly upset after an uncensored version of Mask You Live In that featured profanity and pornographic references was mistakenly shown to middle school students.

At the University of Texas Austin, a male student convicted of harassment in a controversial Title IX investigation was forced to watch Siebel Newsom’s “The Mask You Live In” and write an essay as punishment.

“The Great American Lie” emphasizes America’s economic inequality in its “hypermasculine value system” and “extreme masculinity ideals of money, power and strong personality.”

Fair Play, featuring Democratic Rep. Katie Porter and philanthropist Melinda Gates, discuss gender inequality at home.

Siebel Newsom is “preparing a film about climate, Mother Earth and women,” according to a 2024 interview with the BrandStorytellingTV podcast.

The sequel to “Miss Representation,” called “Miss Representation: Revolution,” has been inexplicably delayed.

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