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Doodle 4 Google National Winner: Hope For A New Beginning

May 21, 2009 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

May 21, 2009 Earlier this spring I wrote about the history of the cool and everchanging logos on the Google homepage delighting us all…including my favorite salute to Seuss. Yesterday it was about Ida, the 47 million year old fossilized dinosaur...(though some at LiveScience are saying “Idaknow-about-this" ancestry-missing link bit…) Today it’s about resurgence, renewal and … [Read more...]

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American Idol Upset: Who You Callin’ “Marginalized?”

May 21, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 20, 2009 Tonight was the big hoohah over American Idol’s grand finale controversy, and the New York Times' ArtsBeat section had a play by play ‘real time’ review updating regularly that described this showdown between Kris Allen and Adam Lambert as “the guy next door versus the guyliner.” On the ‘unfair to Adam’ shout out, you can add a posse of young teens who gave me … [Read more...]

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Beam Me Up, Scholars: Arcane Star Trek Cameo Tidbits

May 16, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 16, 2009 My favorite academic digital rag, the Chronicle’s Wired Campus newsletter reports: “Henry Jenkins, co-director of MIT's Comparative Media Studies Program, thought it was some kind of joke when he got an e-mail message from a Hollywood casting director asking him to be an extra in the latest Star Trek film...But a few weeks later he was getting fitted for a … [Read more...]

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“About Face” Body Image Benefit: America the Beautiful Movie

May 15, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

May 15, 2009 He’s baaaaaaaaaack! ‘Tell it like it is’ director Darryl Roberts of America The Beautiful is wrapping his last personal appearance on his U.S. screening tour to benefit two worthy Bay Area orgs promoting positive body image: About-Face.org (love their "don't fall for the media circus" tagline) and Beyond Hunger ("freedom from the obsession with food and weight) … [Read more...]

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Project Green Prom Update: Summer Rayne & Teens Turning Green

May 14, 2009 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

May 14, 2009 I feel like I dropped the ‘carbon offset’ ball with my trek to WildCare on Mother’s Day... I stopped by to see the Project Green Prom boutique and see how their ‘how to green your prom’ initiative was doing, and forgot to bring the gowns we’ve collected so far at the Greenv Sustainable Center! Never fear, EcoMom Alliance is here. Kirsten Bollen (eco-mom gal … [Read more...]