R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Aretha earned it. Lindsay wants it. Paris lacks it. Beyoncé & Britney had it, hit some high notes, then vamped it away.Our media culture is so fraught with ‘trashy party girl’ celebrity coverage and peekaboo wardrobe malfunctions papering the blogosphere, it’s no wonder kids’ behavioral cues are getting fouled up beyond recognition.What goes into kids’ minds … [Read more...]
Seems the 15 minutes of fame for this New Jersey fellow expired last season when every kid on the planet seemed to be fist-pumping to the original Numa Numa sing-along-n-boogie Romanian craze...but he’s baaaack, with Numa Numa2 and he’s gone to the big leagues. At this point he may even have an agent & handlers... Every tween … [Read more...]
Un-freaking believable. The feds fouled up again. Just as the buzz was building and Verb Yellowballs were showing up everywhere in a cool campaign designed to wage war on childhood obesity, what do they do? Take the air out of the funding. This kind of short-sighted absurdity is EXACTLY what I ranted about in my op-ed in the Times, where government PRETENDS to give childhood … [Read more...]
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