Feb. 1, 2012 “25% of young women 18-34 would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize..." ..."And 23% would rather lose their ability to read than their figures” opens Lisa Bloom’s THINK: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed Down World... I’ll be interviewing author Lisa Bloom of THINK later this month asking her about 'the other … [Read more...]
The Supermodels, Then and Now + A Chat With Janet Lansbury
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: About Face: The Supermodels Then and Now, ads of 70s and 80s, aging, America the Beautiful documentary, American Apparel, APA, beauty myth, Beauty Redefined, boycott, breast augmentation, Brooke Shields, Celebrity worship, change channel of influence, cover girl culture, Critical-thinking-skills, Dana Moe Halley, Dittos jeans, fame, fashion models, Fashionistas, generation of narcissists, GirlCaught, girls-self-worth, Herbal Essence ad, Janet Lansbury, Lisa Bloom, Mary-McDonough, media mindfulness, Media-Influence-Kids, media-literacy, modeling, objectification, Packaging-Girlhood, Pop culture impact on kids, preteen-self-esteem, price of beauty, sexism, Sexualization, Sexualization & Body Image, So Sexy So Soon, spark change, Sundance, supermodels, Take Back Beauty, teen modeling, Think: Straight Talk for Women, Ugly truth about beauty, Victoria's Secret Models, Vogue Cadeaux
ALLY Awards: Architects of Change Amidst Brands: Tween Town Hall
March 12, 2010 Today I soared through my first ever Virgin Airlines’ experience bemused by two giddy tween girls excitedly chirping to their mom about the pink and purple “mood lighting” befitting a nightclub and the free WiFi and touchscreen inflight services, as she flashed me one of those, “Where do these girls hear this stuff?” mutual-mama looks. I wanted to ask if they … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, ALLY Awards, AllyKatzz, architects of change, celebrities, change the world, Code Blue Reviving a Generation, commercialism, D23, Debby Ryan, denim messaging, Denise Restauri, Disney, fashion, Fashionistas, green youth movement, GYM, hipster, Juicy Couture, make a difference, Maria Shriver, pink, purple, social change, Teens Turning Green, Tween Town Hall, tweens, Vinylmation, Virgin Airlines, Wii Super MonkeyBall