In this special publication from the Addressing Sexual Violence in School Collective, we outline the theories that inform our research. Subsequently, we introduce the critical feminist tool that we used to initiate our analysis, outline our research process, and summarize our initial findings. Finally, we introduce three essays from the Bachelor of Education teacher candidates who were Undergraduate Research Award recipients and part of our collective about their experiences conducting media analysis with our research objectives in mind. 

As the B.Ed. members of our collective selected specific pieces of media to use with the “I Spy” Tool, they were each able to offer their own commentary on the tool and on critical feminist media analysis more broadly. They also considered the suitability of these specific media texts for the K–12 classrooms. These views are presented in this series of essays