GAC Archives - Shaping Youth

Seven Sensational Blogs About Girls (All Things Girl Pt.2)

December 5, 2008 by Amy Jussel 25 Comments

I’ve learned something about myself from running this All Things Girl series…As much as I love it, I miss being ‘in the moment’ sharing life in ‘real … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: adolescence, Africa, All Things Girl, Amy-Jussel, APA, arts, Batsiranai Project, Bella Sara, bottlecap art, children, Claire-Mysko, Daughters, Doug Engelbart, Eco-Childs-Play, Eileen Clegg, Empowering girls, GAC, Gender, Girl blogs, Girl Child, girl culture, Girl Media, Girl Mogul, girls, Girls for a Change, Girls helping girls, Girls Horse Club, girls sports, Growing Up Girl, infomania, internet, Media X, misogyny, MIT Media Lab, MOW, New Moon, NextNow, On-Teens-Today, One World Childrens Fund, OWCF, Packaging-Girlhood, preteens, Program for the Future, project girl, readergirlz, Respect Rx, screaming bloody murder, Sejal Hathi, seven sisters, smart girls, So Sioux Me, Tapestries-of-Hope, target women, Teen Ink, teen voices, tweens, vanessa van petten, Visual Insight, you're grounded, Young-People-Who-Rock, zest books, Zimbabwe

GLTR Girls: Girls Learn to Ride Creates Oceans of Self Esteem

November 20, 2008 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

Surfing. Wakeboarding. Snowboarding. Skateboarding. Skiing. All are ‘wannabe’ favorites of GLTR girls that opt for ‘X-treme’ sports over the ‘girly girl’ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Against the Grain, Ancora imparo, athletes, Burton controversy, Burton snowboards, Carissa Moore, Chica Brava, Danica Patrick, Dr. Jenn for girls, empowerment, female action sports, female photographers, females, FOAM, Foam magazine, GAC, GACtv, Girl Overboard, girl power, Girls Learn to Ride, girls skateboard documentary trailer, Girls-Are-Champions, GLTR, grrrls, Hawaiian Tropic, independent film, IndieGoGo, Iron Horse Maidens, Justina Chen Headley, Lisa Izzi, Makapu'u, Mark Sperling, media-literacy, Nancy Chang, Piper Girls, positive media, preteens, RESPECT, San Mateo Starlings, self-worth, sk8r, Skate like a girl, skateboard, skatr, SLAG, snowboarding, sports, surfer girls, surfing, Tara Dakides, teens, Waimea Bay, waterski training boom, waterskiing, watersports, Women of Worth, X-games, youth

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