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Bottom Feeders Like American Apparel Need Whacked in the Assets

February 2, 2010 by Amy Jussel 29 Comments

Feb. 9, 2010 Update: Almost 1000 signatures already & expanding global on ipetitions now! Join in! Orig article 2-2-10: "Confident about the junk in your trunk? Show us your assets! Post a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: A&F, About-Face, Actionists, activists, adolescents, advocacy, American Apparel, Amy-Jussel, anti-porn, APA, APA task force sexualization girls, appearance cues, body-positive, boy toys, boycott, branding-youth, cause marketing, Childhood Matters, cultures of dignity, Dads, Daughters, demeaning, Dora, empowerment, Etsy, exploitation, females, feminist, girl revolution, girlcott, Girlcotts, girlpower, growing girls with purpose, harassment, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, HGHW, iPetitions, Live Nation, lyn mikel, mom bloggers, New-Moon-Girl-Media, one angry girl, Packaging-Girlhood, petition, PigTail Pals, porn influence on kids, preteen-health, REVERB, SAHM, self-objectify, sexist slop, sexploitation, sexting, sexting prosecution, sexuality, Sexualization, stay at home dads, t-shirts, Targeting Kids, Tee shirts, teens, tees, thongs, toxic ads, toxic waste, undermining parents, underwear, violence, women

A Tee Party Kicks Off ‘All Things Girl’ Week on Shaping Youth!

November 10, 2008 by Amy Jussel 25 Comments

Nov. 10, 2008 Sick of suggestive innuendos plastered on the chests of wee ones? Tired of ‘So Sexy So Soon’ messaging at ever-younger ages? Looking for media and marketing that builds up rather than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: A&F, Abercrombie tees, Age-of-Conversation, All Things Girl, APA, Ava's closet, B-girl, be heard, BGirl, CCFC, children, confidence, Cool Mom Picks, dads and daughters, David and Goliath, Dove, Early-Sexualization, emotional armor, feminist, Feministing, GFC, girl power tees, girls, Girls Can, girls damage, Girls for a Change, Girls-Rock, Happy Bunny, Hey Ugly, I am that girl, I deserve, innuendo, Jean Kilbourne, Jenifer Hoffman, Jordanns positive, Kids, objectification, one angry girl, Packaging-Girlhood, Parent Dish, Pink Think, Pop-Culture, President not Princess, preteens, princess, regaining self esteem, Respect Rx, Rose Fund, self-esteem girls, Smart Girls Rock, So Sexy So Soon, Social change agent, tee party, teens, think pink, tweens, U.G.L.Y., Uniquely Me, violence prevention