October 16, 2010 The countdown to the SPARK Summit (Sexualization Protest: Action. Resistance. Knowledge) is in its final week, culminating in the NYC Summit Friday Oct 22, 2010 and the hits just keep on comin,’ as girls’ organizations and teens nationwide continue to register, and big name surprises pop into the media mix as if no one wants left out of the fun. Excitement is … [Read more...]
SPARK Ignites A Firestorm of Powerhouses: Geena Davis, & More
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 10-22-10, activists, Amy-Jussel, APA, assertive girls, Challenging sexualization, confident girls, CUNY, Daughters, females, Geena-Davis, girl culture, girl-empowerment, girls, Girls and Women, Girls for a Change, girls health, Girls helping girls, girls inc., Girls Leadership Institute, GLI, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, HGHW, Hunter College, Kids, lyn mikel, Lyn Mikel-Brown, Ms Magazine, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting, PBG, Powered By Girl, preteen, puberty, real girls, self-esteem, self-worth, sexploitation, Sexualization, So Sexy So Soon, socioemotional health, SPARK, SPARK! summit, sparksummit, true child, Women and Media project, women's media center
Teen Girls: Ready For A Rebel Yell? SPARK Change Now!
Sept. 7, 2010 Girls, are you tired of being wrapped up, marketed and sold like a slab of meat? Having the media tell the world what your priorities are? Sick of slimy innuendos aimed at toddlers, tweens, and your little sister? Hey, we’re not afraid to name names. Cough, cough… Sony's "Still A Virgin?" (we can remedy that) sophomoric slam positioning virginity as a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 10-22-10, Actionists, Amy-Jussel, APA, assertive girls, authenticity, Be You!, Be You! The Real Girl Tour, be yourself, Body Blitz Media Shaping Youth, Challenging sexualization, confident girls, CUNY, Daughters, females, girl culture, girl-empowerment, girls, Girls and Women, Girls for a Change, girls health, Girls helping girls, girls inc., Girls Leadership Institute, GLI, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, HGHW, Hunter College, Jess Weiner, Kids, Lyn Mikel-Brown, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting, PBG, Powered By Girl, preteen, puberty, real girls, self-esteem, self-worth, Sexualization, Smart Girls Rock, So Sexy So Soon, social schoolyard, socioemotional health, SPARK, SPARK! summit, supergirls, Teens Turning Green, true child, tweens, Women and Media project, women's media center