Yesterday, my S.F. Bay area colleague Jennifer Berger, executive director of About-Face was joined by Helen Grieco (Clinical Psychologist, executive director, Ca. N.O.W.) and a youth roundtable panel on KGO/ABC7 tv to discuss body image and the potential damaging effects mass media can have on our sense of self. Though it’s only airing regionally, (and I was in L.A. … [Read more...]
Parenting today is a bit like watching this video of sweet puppies... Suddenly Sam "the ugliest dog in the world" pops up in your face and shocks the shorts off of ya! Just when you’re comfy and complacent, whammo, a zinger comes your way from a brand that startles and surprises. Example? My tween is locked into a full tilt music fixation with the Plain White … [Read more...]
Two of Shaping Youth's stellar Advisory Board team, Dr. Sharon Lamb & Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown at Packaging Girlhood wrote this fabulous Op Ed about the Bratz Film and its purportedly 'cleaned up' message. They plopped it on their blog, and gave me permission to do the same for our readers as "guest editorial" on the next page. I've written about the toxicity of the Bratz … [Read more...]
I’ve been trying to stay low key about being selected as one of the U.S. representatives for the Women Leaders for the World program, but after spending the last few days with my fellow GWLN delegates, (bios here) this is an intense global experience that will no doubt impact every iota of my very being. From Rashmi explaining the agribusiness loss of indigenous foods … [Read more...]
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Adults chiding each other like spoiled brats to be the first on the block to try, review, diss, or blather about the iPhone makes me want to hang up on the blatant disconnect between what parents preach and teach about mass media. Some industry brass were miffed they weren’t sent one for free, others cluck … [Read more...]
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