It may be 'vanity' but it's certainly not 'fair.' I'm speaking of course about the controversial Miley Cyrus cover story that put the reining queen of preteen wannabes in 'whoa, nelly' mode, looking sultry in an artsy Annie Leibowitz pose on Vanity Fair's latest issue. Dang, I'm going to have to revamp my Preteen Alliance presentation AGAIN for this Thursday, because my … [Read more...]
Feb. 17, 2013 Update: Yes, she's a great race car driver and she has "won the pole" topping her NASCAR career. No, I'm NOT changing my opinion from this prior post 2008 (after the jump)...as frankly, when I first read the news headline, "won the pole" my visual snapshot went to 'Go Daddy' and pole dancing, largely due to her OWN self-objectification and massively public … [Read more...]
Promise I'll finish my Earth Day eco-posts on Dizzywood's Arbor Day Foundation digital alliance, Zookazoo's water and power eco-games & Habbo's greening of their virtual worlds for eco-consumption (or in this case, ANTI-consumption, yay!) along with their prior Greenpeace/United Nations teen survey on eco-concerns... In fact, I'll up the eco-ante and promise an all … [Read more...]
I'm heading to the city for Earth Day which may seem like an outdoor oxymoron, but it doesn't have to be...just check out Nature In The City.org for great kids ideas. I met these folks this past weekend at the Coyote Point Environmental Museum Earth fest packed with cool ideas for kids which I’ll blog about later today when I'm not zooming. I’m doing a site visit … [Read more...]
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Robyn Silverman as our new body image expert here at Shaping Youth, where I’ll no doubt also pick her brains as a consultant for my documentary film underway called, Body Blitz: Media, Shaping Youth filmed on K-5 playgrounds...(the poignant illustration I bought from artist Ashley Cecil at left sums it all quite well) Sometimes … [Read more...]
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