Mar. 29, 2010 Whether you’re Gaga for Gaga or your emotions run toward dropping the last letter (ahem, cough) there’s no doubt her one billion online video views ascending her from bland to brand have … [Read more...]
Flirt Bots, Sex Bots and Artificial Intelligence: Future Shlock?
February 10, 2010 by 4 Comments
Feb. 10, 2010 Anyone remember sweet Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons cartoon? (If you're not having a retro flashback there's a 2012 live-action remake in development so you'll no doubt hear about … [Read more...]
iPad makes women iMad? Gender or Generational Naming Gaffe?
January 28, 2010 by 16 Comments
Jan. 28, 2010 While the Baltimore Sun visual at left handily depicts the pros and cons of the new iPad tablet gizmo at a glance, geek girls and IT career women have been raising an iBrow at the iPad … [Read more...]
Shaping Youth is in the Philadelphia Inquirer Today
September 2, 2009 by 6 Comments
Sept. 2, 2009 For a media shy writer wonk who likes to fly under the radar, you might say I’m a ‘glutton’ for punishment each time I agree to making a comment to the press. The Bebé Glotón toy … [Read more...]
Raising Girls Amidst Meat Marketing: Carls Jr., Burger King Raunch
July 16, 2009 by 32 Comments
Jan. 27, 2015 Update: It's achingly sad that I can reprise my own prose about "meat marketing" women with gobsmacking sexualization and objectification commodifying bodies as edible objects to be … [Read more...]
Brain Cake: Teen Girls Talk Tech & World Changing (Part Two)
January 29, 2009 by 17 Comments
Update Oct. 22, 2015 Reminder: BrainCake shifted to CanTEENgirl.org in 2011 with heavy hitting sponsorship as a project of Carnegie Science Center. CanTeen has some fun STEM career explorations, … [Read more...]
Fem 2.0: Feminine Feminism & The Mother of All Conversations
November 19, 2008 by 18 Comments
Femmes and friends of all colors are abuzz about whether Erin Aubry Kaplan’s recent Salon article about Michelle Obama’s backside was out of bounds or ‘a joyful celebration’ of … [Read more...]
New Moon Girl Media Officially Launches on Founder’s Birthday!
November 12, 2008 by 27 Comments
Bringing girls voices to the world, New Moon Girl Media’s online community vaults out of beta testing to be “born” on Founder Nancy Gruver’s birthday today! I’m … [Read more...]
Shaping Youth Interviews Girl Mogul Founder Andrea Stein
November 12, 2008 by 20 Comments
All Things Girl Week continues on Shaping Youth with some incredible resources and inspirations coming your way! From 2,300 girls trained to be social change agents in 6 metro areas in 26 days via … [Read more...]
Sexed Up M&Ms Sell Fashionably Decadent Premium Sleaze
September 26, 2008 by 8 Comments
Mars candies have reached a new low... Anthropomorphizing cartoon critters is one thing, giving chocolate candy classics the Jessica Rabbit treatment is another. Do we REALLY need more … [Read more...]
New Moon’s Rising For Girls Media: Orb28 For Teens 13-15+ (Part 1)
June 19, 2008 by 6 Comments
Orb28 Let's see: Orb: "A sphere of influence, a collective body"...28: numeral referring to the moon's cycle...New Moon: lunar phase when the moon orbits between the Earth and the Sun; Moon: a symbol … [Read more...]
