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Shaping Youth Interviews Girl Mogul Founder Andrea Stein

November 12, 2008 by Amy Jussel 20 Comments

All Things Girl Week continues on Shaping Youth with some incredible resources and inspirations coming your way! From 2,300 girls trained to be social change agents in 6 metro areas in 26 days via Carrie Ellett’s crew at Girls For A Change to a firstperson overseas experience at the YWCA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia shared by International Fellows Program college recipient … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: A Gentlemans C, adventures, all things girl shaping youth, Amy-Jussel, Andrea Stein, angry professor, anti-princess, anti-tiara, Danica McKellar, Daughters, digital divas, education, entrepreneurs, feminism, Feministing, femme, girl geek, Girl Mogul, girl power, GirlMogul, girls, Kids, Kiss My Math, math, Math Doesn't Suck, positive tees, Science, She's geeky, STEM, technology, the F word, Thingamababy

A Humorous Approach to Student Debt: Credit Cartoons

November 7, 2008 by Amy Jussel 21 Comments

Two million kids voted in the Kids Pick the President mock elections and they nailed the outcome. (that's 4 out of 5 of the last Presidential elections, per Nickelodeon news) Now, Consumers Union is getting out the vote AGAIN, this time for a cartoon contest for credit card reform on a one month timeclock: Nov. 5-Dec. 5, 2008! Dangers of Debt Cartoon Contest uses a … [Read more...]

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Political Paper Dolls & Parodies Galore: Youth Humor 2008

November 4, 2008 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Move over Stardoll, kids can now play Presidential Paper Dolls and you really CAN “cut through all the clutter” this election eve and keep your sense of humor to boot. Print 'em out. Cut 'em up or dress 'em down. Full disclosure, these witty entrepreneurs are friends of mine from ad agency days gone by, now they're both moms that have put their sardonic wit to … [Read more...]

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The Age of Conversation 2: A Tribe of 237 Leading Change

October 31, 2008 by Amy Jussel 20 Comments

AOC2--Double the flavor, double the fun! (quick, name that ad!) The ever prolific Seth Godin of Purple Cow fame (yes, I’m proud to be one...moooo!) has a new book out called “Tribes” reinforcing the notion that if you give a loosely connected group a way to communicate, a leader, and an idea, entire movements can take shape with substantive outcomes. … [Read more...]

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FCC: Kids Programming Is Laden With Product Placement

October 22, 2008 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

That’s my official FCC filing at left, (squeaked in under the deadline today, explained why later) which emphatically states kids should be OFF LIMITS to embedded ads designed to bypass the Tivo tactics of wise wee ones who blip through traditional commercials to get back to their favorite show unscathed. I've written about this a lot before, vetting thoughts about … [Read more...]