Emerging trends & STEM

The LAMP Shines Light on Media Literacy: NAMLE Recap

August 5, 2011 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Aug. 5, 2011 In internet time, the couple of weeks that have passed since NAMLE (the Nat'l Assoc of Media Literacy Educators' conference) may SEEM like a virtual eternity or 'old news' as digital educators scurry about to start up a NEW school year having picked from an infovore smorgasbord of critical thinking workshops... ...But that's part of the problem in our quick … [Read more...]

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Redefining Beauty, Reclaiming Yourself: Backtalking Billboards!

July 29, 2011 by Amy Jussel 20 Comments

July 29, 2011 Do you feel the rumble of the “I’m mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore” massive mindshifting among young women talking back to the ad industry and media machine? The “Take Back Beauty” and ‘reclaim yourself’ pushback of multiple generations of females throwing open the windows for their Howard Beale Network shoutout moment to end the nonsense of pore-less … [Read more...]

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Shaping Youth Is Backing The Illusionists Film About Media’s Body Blitz

July 19, 2011 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Update Nov. 2, 2014 Talk about a greenlight! Excited to attend Elena's "PopUp Party" today screening her important 2015 documentary film (preview here). She'll be speaking at the 3PercentConference in S.F. tomorrow on "repicturing women" with Pam Grossman. Congrats on all, Elena!Eager to connect the dots on selling insecurity for profit and pushback on this global dynamic … [Read more...]

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Harry Potter Alliance: Using Pop Culture Pervasiveness Positively

July 17, 2011 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

July 17, 2011 No, I haven’t seen the Harry Potter grand finale yet.Yes, it’s been covered from every angle, dominating Twitter streams, Facebook status lines and yielding the largest weekend box office on record with one out of four tickets sold going ka-ching for the wizard boy.And maybe it'll be worthy of the 3D hyped up media zeal, but like the Twilight series or any other … [Read more...]

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Gen Y Book Launch: Coming of Age in a Crap Economy

July 12, 2011 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

July 12, 2011 Lately my generational layers have been interwoven like an Etsy blankie... Between my sandwich generation eldercare/teen scene and my Gen X and Gen Y nephews making the best of jobs and notching off bucket list "to-dos" sans responsibility and kids, it seems timely to expand my K-12 topics to cover the launch of Coming of Age in a Crap Economy by Liz Funk, who … [Read more...]