Update Sept 3, 2015 From the maker of The Bro Code and Generation M, Thomas Keith announces his newest film trailer via Media Education Foundation titled, "The Empathy Gap: Masculinity and the Courage to Change." Looks like MEF now has streaming options for screening too...Would love to see this topic get some traction. Sept. 29, 2011 Last night, watching a tender adolescent … [Read more...]
The Bro Code: Media, Masculinity & Misogynistic Misfires
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Adonis-Complex, anti-grinding, APA task force sexualization girls, boys, boys to men, buffed boy, do no harm, Gender, gender and media portrayals, gender wars, GirlCaught, girls as boy toys, Humane Education, IHE, Ikea Man World, Jackson Katz, Jenna Marbles, man cave, masculinity, Media-Education-Foundation, media-literacy, MEF, Men Can Stop Rape, Packaging-Boyhood, Parents TV council, Plan-International, Playboy Club Petition, Pop culture impact on kids, Pornification, Predatory practices, Raising Girls Amidst Meat Marketing, rape jokes, Sexualization, SPARK! summit, stop disrespecting women, teen dating violence, The Bro Code, The Good Men Project, Thomas Keith, turning boys into monsters, violence against women, what about the boys, XY Online
Media That Uplifts & Inspires: Positive Picks For Youth Outreach
Sept. 10, 2016 Update World Suicide Prevention Day is flooding my Twitter account, with poignant posts pointing to the desperate need for mental health resources and outreach, especially among youth and children. With this in mind, I'm going to tweet a loud 'shoutout' to organizations making a huge difference in this dialogue, from symptoms, outreach and support at … [Read more...]
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