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Roll Red Roll: Sexual Assault Does Not Just Go Away, Neither Should This Story

June 16, 2019 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

June 16, 2019 “I can’t wait for this story to go away…” is uttered by a radio personality towards the end of the film Roll Red Roll, the true crime documentary exposing over 400 texts and digital data … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: 50 Shades of Abuse, A Thin Line, abuse, boys will be boys, Brock Turner, Bystander Moment, campus safety, circle of 6 app, depravity, documentary, Don't Get Raped, film, gender and media portrayals, gender violence, impaired victims, It's On Us, Jackson Katz, Me Too, Media-Education-Foundation, Men Can Stop Rape, Nancy Schwartzman, PBS/POV docs, rape culture, Roll Red Roll, safety, sexual assault, social media assault, Steubenville, The Bro Code, toxic masculinity, Victim blaming

Media Literacy: 50 Talking Points for 50 Shades of Grey

February 13, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Feb. 13, 2015 Talk about Angry Birds. Parents have been swept into the viral vortex of a gazillion ambient ads piling on to the relentless hype of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie opening today.From sex … [Read more...]

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50 Shades of Disempowerment: Teach Your Children Well

February 12, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Feb. 12, 2015 “What people do in private is their own business.” But what happens when Hollywood makes a movie glorifying, promoting and normalizing violence against women and coerced sex? It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Growing up too soon, Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: 50 Dollars Not 50 Shades, 50 Shades of Abuse, 50 shades of disempowerment, break the cycle, circle of 6 app, domestic violence, Educate Empower Kids, erotic normalization of violence against women, Fifty Shades is Abuse, Fifty Shades of Gray, Fifty Shades of Grey, girlpower gone wrong, Love is respect, National teen dating abuse, NDVH, No More, sexual assault, sexual consent, TDVAM, teen dating abuse, teen dating violence, teen dv, Tornado Warning, VAW

Reading Between the Lines: A Media Literacy Education in Domestic Violence

January 30, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 30, 2015 For the first time ever, the NFL will air a pitch perfect, poignant PSA by No More.org against domestic violence that resonates on multiple levels and can be used as a tool to uncork … [Read more...]

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YTH: Youth, Tech, Health–Shaping Youth Interviews YTH Jamia Wilson

March 29, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Mar. 29, 2014 Like a teen whose spirited, edgy adolescence evolved toward bold innovation, I’ve watched YTH.org "grow up" as an organization over time, expanding and emerging into one of the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #FemFuture, Advocates-for-youth, Apps Against Abuse Challenge, at risk youth, bullying, campus safety, circle of 6 app, crisis text line, Deb-Levine, digital health, diversity and health, domestic abuse, hackathon for health, health apps, health literacy, Health2.0, ihollaback, Internet sexuality information services, Jamia Wilson, media-literacy, mental health, mHealth, millennials, Parenting-Teens, rape culture, reproductive rights, sexed, SexTech, sexting, sexual health, sexuality, street harassment, suicide prevention, support for teens, Tech diversity gap, teen dating violence, Texting4Health, wired youth, young feminists, Youth public health, youth tech health, Youth-advocacy, YTH, YthLive

Youth Trailblazers Ignite Inspiration at First Ever Startup Weekend Oakland

February 16, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Feb. 16, 2014 “You know you have something special when your teen and his friend are up and ready to head in to code by 7:15 am! –Startup Weekend Oakland is changing lives”—Leah McGowen-Hare“Thanks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM Tagged With: #SWOBMA, African American males, African American stereotypes, American Promise, apps for change, Ashoka Changemakers, Ashoka Youth Ventures, Black Girls Code, black history, Black Male Achievement, black youth portrayal in media, circle of 6 app, Code or be coded, Could an app have saved Trayvon Martin, Diversity gap, edtech, Elevate Oakland, Help Circle, Hidden Genius Project, Kalimah Priforce, Kapor Center, local change agents, Oakland, positive social change, Qeyno Labs, safety apps, social justice, Startup Weekend Oakland, STEM, STEM urgency, Tech diversity gap, Trailblazers, urban youth, Van-Jones, Yes We Code

Back to School: Using Branding as a Media Literacy Lesson

September 4, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

August 20, 2015 Update: More Back to School branding boondoggles...Remember when the G-force Gatorade tribe was caught red-handed with their marketing machinations of hawking sugar hydration to … [Read more...]

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Circle of 6 Campus Safety App: What It is And What it Isn’t

February 27, 2013 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Update: March 7, 2013 It's official! The President Signed VAWA! Feb. 28, 2013 Finally! The Violence Against Women Act has passed both the House and the Senate and is moving on for final signing by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Thin Line, abusive relationships, Apps Against Abuse Challenge, break the cycle, Bsafe, campus safety apps, Campus Sentinel, CDC Violence Prevention, Chris Brown Grammys, Circle of 6, circle of 6 app, culture of care, cyberstalking, dating violence, Deb-Levine, digital abuse, domestic violence, Elin Waldal, emotional abuse, Fight Back, Gender, gender violence, gender-based violence, Guardly, healthy masulinity, HHS, how do you measure prevention, intimate partner violence, Isis, IVP, kidvid, Life 360, Love is not abuse, Love is respect, mobile-youth-trends, Nancy Schwartzman, NCADV, On Watch, One Love Foundation, OnWatch, public health, rape, rape culture, Rihanna, school climate, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, textual harassment, thats not cool, The Line Campaign, Tornado Warning, VAWA, verbal abuse, Verizon DVP Summit, violence against women, Where is your line, youth tech health, YthLive

Victim Blaming, “Asking For It” and Baiting Outrage-On the Radio

February 19, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 2, 2016 Update Today's early release of Stanford student/campus rapist Brock Turner (3 months off an already lenient 6 month sentence) prompted this pithy video indictment by Elizabeth Plank on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: Asking For It, Blaming women for sexual assault, blaming women's clothes for rape, circle of 6 app, date rape, Everyday Sexism, ITV Daybreak, Men Can Stop Rape, no means no, one billion rising, provocation, radio shock talk, rape as a weapon, rape culture, sexual assault, She Asked For It, social justice, talkers, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, The Line Campaign, This is what I was wearing, USDOJ, VAWA, Victim blaming, victims of assault, violence against women, Where is your line, women at risk, women under siege