Shaping Youth – Page 24

Vogue “Cadeaux”-Children ARE Gifts. Not To Be Wrapped & Sold

January 6, 2011 by Amy Jussel 19 Comments

Jan 6, 2011 “You have to separate the art from the artist.” How many times have you heard that turn of phrase relating to everything from hotel smashing rockers and hiphop thuggery to mind-bending visual assaults on the senses from advertising and pop culture? Art is subjective, yes. Actions that harm are not. Let’s be crystal clear people. The latest French Vogue “Cadeaux" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Vapid Values Tagged With: Assault on Little Girls, Cadeaux, Carine Roitfeld, CCFC, Crystal Renn, Daughters, Erotic innocence, fashion magazines, French Vogue, Girls are not candies, Jean Kilbourne, Jezebel, kids controversy, Media Watch, Nancy-Gruver, New-Moon-Girl-Media, Pornification, raunchy, REVERB, Sesame Streetwalkers, Sexualization, So Sexy So Soon, thongs are not undies, Tom Ford, VAW, violence against women, Vogue, We're fed up with American Apparel

Letting Go of 2010: Thoughts On Media Messaging

January 1, 2011 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

Jan 1, 2011 No secret I’ve been challenged in 2010 on various fronts, and I’m trying really hard to ‘let go’ of some of the frustrations knowing there’s no quick fix for some of the blindingly surreal influences and disruptive crapola eroding kids’ psyches. I'm 'letting go,' to try to see past Nicki Minaj-style hyper-sexualized cues to instead celebrate the pendulum swing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: APA, Billboard Top 100, Bridalplasty, Critical-thinking-skills, DV, eldercare, Eminem, HGHW, Jenn Pozner, Ke$ha, Kids health, Letting go, media influences, media-literacy, Nicki Minaj, objectification, PBG, Pop-Culture, PopWatch, Powered By Girl, Reality Bites Back, Rihanna, sandwich generation, Sexualization, sexualization of children, spark change, TDV, teens, thoughts on letting go, Tornado Warning, tweens, worst relationship songs

A Viral Awww…For Dog Lovers; Shepherding Media Literacy: NULO

December 23, 2010 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Dec 23, 2010 I have ‘holiday head’ which means despite important breaking media news on net neutrality, the FCC, and strong outcomes of public opinion polls involving Do Not Track consumer demands, I’m unapologetically posting a viral ditty about a dog, and label literacy on NULO (NUtrition meets LOve) dog food. Why? Let’s just say I’ve been trying extremely hard to manage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: animal adoption, ASPCA, can pets catch a cold, Do Not Track, dog food, FCC, HSUS, kids and dogs, label literacy, media-literacy, Nativity Scene, net neutrality, NetFamily-News, NULO, Nulo Pet Food, nutrition, pet food, pets, shelters, Shepherd Nativity, Snopes, SPCA, strays, Viral Shepherd, wellness

Rudolph: A Parable On Bullying, Peer Pressure & Soaring High

December 17, 2010 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Dec. 17, 2010 Media madness has hit some new toxic tipping points lately, from sexualized cues for tweens to slink around like a ho-ho-ho (great awareness-raising via this new PTC study) to teen pot use rising after years of decline, and of course the influence of Miley's latest messes surging sales of ‘salvia’ ... Sooooo today I’m (re)running Lessons From Rudolph about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Annie Fox, anti-bullying, bullying, cerebral palsy, confidence, disabilities, frenemies, Glenda Watson Hyatt, I'll Do It Myself, Kidlutions, kids media influence, Lessons from Rudolph, Middle School Confidential, Miley bong hit, Miley Cyrus, Parents Television Council, Peer pressure, PTC, Race to Nowhere, Red Nosed reindeer, Rudolph, Salvia surge, Teen pot use rising, The Me Movement, Wendy Young

Social Media Rally For Girls Sports Today

December 8, 2010 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

Dec. 8, 2010 Pop-Quiz from our partner org, San Mateo Starlings Volleyball, serving low-income and minority girls age 12-18: Did you know that girls who participate in sports are: ..."92% less likely to use drugs, 80% less likely to have an unwanted pregnancy, far more likely to graduate from high school and attend college, and far less likely to suffer from childhood … [Read more...]