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Speaking Out: A Rainbow of Reasons We Need Diverse Books

June 24, 2014 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

June 26, 2015 Update Photo essayist/youth archivist Rachelle Lee Smith of visual literacy book Speaking Out will be in town signing copies at Reach and Teach San Mateo tonight 7-9pm. Apropos on this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #WeNeedDiverseBooks, anti-bullying, Craig Wiesner, diversity, Erase-Hate, gay pride, gay rights, Gender, human rights, identity, It Gets Better, kidlit, LGBTQ, Operation Marriage, Pride parade, queer youth, Rachelle Lee Smith, Rainbow flag, reach and teach, Speaking Out Queer Youth in Focus, Start Empathy, stereotypes, str8 against h8, Straight Against Hate, Trevor Project, YA lit, youth identity

2014: The Year Of Redefining Girly

January 10, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 10, 2014 Even in just the last 5 years or so since the American Psychological Association Task Force reported about the harm of early sexualization and its impact on children (full 72pp APA study … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sexualization & Body Image Tagged With: #BraveGirlsWant, adolescent body image, Amy-Jussel, APA task force sexualization girls, beauty myth, BGW, brain plasticity, Bratzillaz, Brave, Brave Girls Alliance, Brave Girls Invade Times Square, Brave Girls Want, change the channel of influence, child development, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, commercialized childhood, commodification, Consumerism, consumption, corporate social responsibility, CSR, damaging body image, Disney-Princesses, diversity, gender equity, girls leadership, harm of early sexualization, hypersexualized, Jean Kilbourne, Killing Us Softly, Let Toys Be Toys, media-literacy, Melissa Atkins Wardy, Melissa Wardy, merchandising, Merida makeover, Monster High, objectification, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting, PigTail Pals, Pigtail Pals Ballcap Buddies, pink blue stereotypes, Pink culture, preteen body image, Reality Bites Back, redefining girly, Sexualization, sexualized dolls, SheHeroes, So Sexy So Soon, stereotypes, The Illusionists Documentary, The Lolita Effect, The Real Tooth Fairies, Toward the Stars, toy industry, what sells

Brave Girls Want To Put Media On A Different Frequency!

October 7, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Oct. 10, 2013 Update: At the end is a newly minted press release/activities update, and this great post by Adios Barbie crams a lot into a small package involving some of the partner organization … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Literacy Tagged With: #BraveGirlsWant, adolescent body image, Amy Jussel Partner, Amy-Jussel, APA task force sexualization girls, BGW, brain plasticity, Brave, Brave director Brenda Chapman, Brave Girls, Brave Girls Alliance, Brave Girls Invade Times Square, Brave Girls Want, Brenda Chapman, change the channel of influence, child development, Consumerism, consumption, corporate social responsibility, CSR, Disney-Princesses, diversity, gender equity, girls leadership, hypersexualized, If you had the chance to change your fate, Ines Almeida, International Day of the Girl, Let Toys Be Toys, media-literacy, Melissa Wardy, merchandising, Merida makeover, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting, PigTail Pals, preteen body image, redefining girly, Sexualization, sexualized dolls, SheHeroes, So Sexy So Soon, stereotypes, Toward the Stars, toy industry

Brave Girls Want: A Movement, Not a Moment.

September 10, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 11, 2013 Grand Finale Tally for IndieGoGo campaign ended at 11:59PT: $26,673 Sept. 9, 2013 Today marks the triumph of a grassroots groundswell over colossal corporate branding, with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM Tagged With: #KeepMeridaBrave, adolescent body image, Amy Jussel Partner, Amy-Jussel, APA task force sexualization girls, BGW, brain plasticity, Bratzillaz, Brave, Brave director Brenda Chapman, Brave Girls Alliance, Brave Girls Invade Times Square, Brave Girls Want, Brenda Chapman, change the channel of influence, child development, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Consumerism, consumption, corporate social responsibility, CSR, Disney, Disney-Princesses, diversity, gender equity, gender parity, girls leadership, hypersexualized, If you had the chance to change your fate, Ines Almeida, International Day of the Girl, Let Toys Be Toys, Media and Perception of Reality, media-literacy, Media-Makeovers, Melissa Wardy, merchandising, Merida makeover, Merida petition, Monster High, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting, Peggy Orenstein, PigTail Pals, preteen body image, Princess Free Zone, Princess Merida, Rebecca Hains, redefining girly, Sexualization, sexualized dolls, SheHeroes, So Sexy So Soon, stereotypes, That's Not Merida, Toward the Stars, toy industry

Best Childrens’ TV You’ve Never Seen: Ameba TV

December 2, 2011 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Dec. 2, 2011 Heard of Ameba TV yet? For world-weary parents of kids aged 2-12 who'd like to allow media in moderation but are sick of monitoring cruddy channels of influence being served up by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: AAP, alternative media, ameba TV, AmebaTV, bilingual, Cat in the hat knows a lot about that, CCFC, commercial free, critical thinking, diversity, DOOF, eco moms, encouraging science, green kids, Internet TV, kids quality TV, Kids TV, Know Better Effect, language learning, LG Smart TV, meaningful media, Media management, media messaging, media-literacy, multiplatform media, New Moon Girls, not all screens equal, parental controls, PBS Kids, Preschool programming, prosocial, Ruby Skye PI, screen time, set top box, Sid the Science Kid, STEM, Subscription model, TV alternatives, tweens

Steamed About Sexualization? Healthy Media for Youth Act Now!

July 14, 2010 by Amy Jussel 22 Comments

July 12-16, 2010: Healthy Media for Youth week! Fed up with “boy chasin’ bed swappin’ lip-lickin’ hottie-hoochie booty-bouncin’ appearance-is-everything” cues comin’ at your girls? Yah, so are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Actionist Network, Actionists, adolescent body image, Adonis-Complex, APA, APA task force sexualization girls, beauty myth, body-positive, buffed boy, CDC, Confidence Community, congressional hearings, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, depiction of females in media, dieting children, diversity, Dove, Dove Self Esteem Fund, eating-disorders, EDC, education, fashion-beauty-industry-expectations, FCC, female characters, FTC, Geena-Davis, gender equity, Girl Scout Research Institute, girl scouts, girls-self-worth, GSA, H.R. 4925, Healthy Media Youth Act, hot chicks eating burgers, hottie, HR 4925, hyper-sexualizing, Jean Kilbourne, Jessica Lawrence, Killing Us Softly 4, legislation, Male-Body-Image, media influence, Media messages, Media-as-super-peer, Media-Education-Foundation, media-literacy, MEF, Melissa Wardy, obsession with weight, Oct 22, Packaging-Girlhood, preteen-health, Promoting Healthy Media Images, raising healthy kids in a sexualized media world, role models kids, sexuality, Sexualization, sexualization girls, sixpack abs, So Sexy So Soon, SPARK, sparksummit, thinspiration, unhealthy relationships, weight loss, women and girls, women and girls in the media, Youth-advocacy

The Laramie Project: Using Media to Teach Tolerance 10 Years Later

November 13, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Nov. 13, 2009 It’s fitting that The Laramie Project premiers locally tonight in San Mateo on Friday the 13th, as the theater production resurrects a haunting melancholy on the ‘unlucky’ and fateful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, People Shaping Youth, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: APA, brutal slaying, diversity, Epilogue Part 3 Laramie, Erase-Hate, gay, gay rights, Greg Pierotti, Habbo Hotel, hate crimes, history, Homecoming assault, homophobia, human rights, InfoBus, intolerance, killer, Laramie Wyoming, Lgbt, living history, Matthew Shepard, media-literacy, Moises Kauffman, MSF, murder, October 12, participatory learning, reach and teach, sexuality, support, teaching tolerance, Tectonic Theater, Tectonic Theatre, teens, The Laramie Project, theater as journalism, tied to fence, tolerance, tolerance.org, victims of violence

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26 Sep

Started FREE @knightfdn AP course "How to Use ChatGPT & other Generative #AI Tools in Newsrooms" to debrief myself in time for media literacy week on the pros/cons of low/high risk automation practices & protocols #MediaLitWk #medialiteracy #NewsLiteracy

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12 Sep

How Can We Help Students Evaluate Scientific Information? Media Literacy Education! We recently convened #STEM & #MediaLiteracy educators to discuss the skills students need to learn to better evaluate scientific information & resist misinformation. ➡️

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12 Sep

Enjoying @iftf webinar happening now on #AI which is maxed out on attendees/Zoom, but viewable here: Complements the book I just finished, The Coming Wave which I HIGHLY recommend w/a macro lens on societal implications: https://www.the-coming-wave.com/ #IFTF

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6 Sep

"When #car companies aren’t busy sharing or selling your #data, they’re often not protecting it as well as they should. We couldn’t confirm if any of the car brands we researched meet our Minimum #Security Standards. That’s really bad and not normal" #tech

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