Gender

Gender Stereotypes: Part 2 with Dr. Elizabeth Sweet

April 27, 2016 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

April 28, 2016 The dismissive wails from the Twittersphere and social media mavens were almost audible: "Oh please, not another pink and blue gender in the toy aisle post..." To coin a phrase from … [Read more...]

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Reading Between the Lines: A Media Literacy Education in Domestic Violence

January 30, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 30, 2015 For the first time ever, the NFL will air a pitch perfect, poignant PSA by No More.org against domestic violence that resonates on multiple levels and can be used as a tool to uncork … [Read more...]

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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...]

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Beyond Merida: Toy Industry Complicity in Marketing Vapid Values

May 6, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Update May 11, 2015 Could the caped crusader cavalry be coming in the form of sheroes and indie offerings like IAmElemental and Roominate and Lottie Dolls? Sure hope so! If you need a bit of joy … [Read more...]

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Circle of 6 Campus Safety App: What It is And What it Isn’t

February 27, 2013 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Update: March 7, 2013 It's official! The President Signed VAWA! Feb. 28, 2013 Finally! The Violence Against Women Act has passed both the House and the Senate and is moving on for final signing by … [Read more...]

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A Mighty Girl: Healthier Media Messaging, One Click Convenience

December 10, 2012 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

April 11, 2013 Update: Check out A Mighty Girl pics for Environmental Books and movies for green kidlit and Earth Day 2013! Dec. 10, 2012 What to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature … [Read more...]

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Prom Spending Surges? Media Panics, Hype & Critical Thinking

May 19, 2012 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

May 15, 2015 Update! Great then/now retrospective in the New York Times that spans proms over 60 years, all the way up to current "promposal" shenanigans, spending surges and social media selfies! … [Read more...]

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The Bro Code: Media, Masculinity & Misogynistic Misfires

September 29, 2011 by Amy Jussel 19 Comments

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 … [Read more...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Not. Gleeful. Spark Change!

October 20, 2010 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

October 20, 2010 Wordless Wednesday photocap: "Why we need to SPARK change: Teens' media messaging" Register now for SPARKSummit to ignite a movement challenging sexualization. Girls' have a right … [Read more...]

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Healthy Youth Media Act Pt 2: Can Change Be Legislated? (interview)

July 21, 2010 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

July 21, 2010 Can you hear the drumbeat, Hollywood? It’s getting louder. Girl advocates like Jessica Lawrence head to Capitol Hill to discuss H.R. 4925 tomorrow to share firsthand data about how … [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: alcopops, All Things Girl, America the Beautiful, American Apparel, APA, APA Task force, appearance cues, Be the voice for girls, beauty myth, beyonce, boy toys, boys into monsters, Bratz, Capitol Hill, consumer advocacy, corporate pedophilia, dereon divas, dieting, eating-disorders, fashion-beauty-industry-expectations, FCC, FTC, Geena Davis Institute, Gender, gender equity, girl scouts, Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council, girls inc., GLI, GSA, GSUSA, H.R. 4925, harm of early sexualization, Healthy Media Youth Act, HGHW, hottie factor, HR4925, Huge, Jessica Lawrence, Lyn Mikel-Brown, meat marketing, media-literacy, Melissa Wardy, NCWO, obectification, Oct 22, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting girls, PigTail Pals, Pink Think, plastic surgery, Pop culture impact on kids, preteens, raising girls, redefining girly, self-worth, Sesame Streetwalkers, sexism, sexist ads, Sexualization, Shelley Moore Capito, Single Ladies, So Sexy So Soon, SPARK! summit, sparksummit, support healthy media images for girls, surviving media morass, Tammy Baldwin, Tinkerbell, Wisconsin, Youth-advocacy

Help SPARK a Name for the Sexualization Summit To Ignite Change!

June 21, 2010 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

June 21, 2010 As the summer solstice kicks off, the energy is heating up over the buzz about the SPARK! summit challenging the sexualization of girls and women in media, and advocates are already been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 10-22-10, About-Face, Actionist Network, All Things Girl, APA, ASAP Initiative, BabyGaga, Body Blitz, body shame, CUNY, Geena-Davis, Gender, Girl Effect, girl scouts, girls, Girls and Women, girls health, girls inc., girls leadership, Going on 13, HGHW, Hunter College, influence on kids, Jess Weiner, LadyGaGa, media-literacy, misogyny, Ms Foundation, Networked Nonprofit, New-Moon-Girl-Media, objectification, Packaging-Girlhood, Pop-Culture, Powered by Girls, Rachel Simmons, Sexualization, SPARK, SPARK! summit, Target, teen voices, teens, true child, vote, women's media center

Predatory Practices as Sport? Boys to Men & Swaggerfests

June 15, 2010 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

June 15, 2010 Forget the fact that my freshman daughter is friends with JV football guys… ...Or that digital reputations flinging about on social media (FB, Formspring, etc) warn of male ‘players’ … [Read more...]

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Kids Summer Camps & Niche Gender Marketing: Why?

June 8, 2010 by Amy Jussel 23 Comments

June 8, 2010 Why do we have to turn summer camp into a marketing opportunity for pink and blue? What's the matter with plain ol' grass green and outdoor fun? Admittedly, I never made it to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Actionist Network, adventure camp, Amy-Jussel, Castles, Childhood Summers, children, childrens intelligence, Confidence Community, day camps, DigiGirlz, Disney, Every Boy, Every girl, fairytales, Geena Davis Institute, Gender, gender literacy, gender parity, Gender Portrayal, Girl Media, Girls Leadership Insititute, Jess Weiner, Kids, media-literacy, Melissa Wardy, niche camps, overnight camps, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, PigTail Pals, pink and blue, pink camping gear, Pink princess, pink tents, Pink Think, pirates, princesses, reach and teach, redefining girly, robotics, selling of pink, sociological images, STEM, stratification, summer camps, traditional camps, true child

Shaping Youth Honors Girls Rights Week May 3-7

May 3, 2010 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

May 3, 2010 In honor of Girls Rights Week, advocating for positive change in the world, I’m going to run a week long series of “all things girl” to show how media and marketing can HELP rather than … [Read more...]

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Sexy Broccoli, Saucy 6 Year Olds & Why SexEd is a Must: SexTech Pt.3

February 21, 2010 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Feb 21, 2010 Last night I snapped this lousy iPhone shot from Draeger’s deli as I scanned the takeout selections to treat myself to a quiet Sat. night feast. I did a double-take when I saw “sexy … [Read more...]

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Flirt Bots, Sex Bots and Artificial Intelligence: Future Shlock?

February 10, 2010 by Amy Jussel 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...]

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iPad makes women iMad? Gender or Generational Naming Gaffe?

January 28, 2010 by Amy Jussel 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...]

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USC Media Student Bryn Kressin & Packaging Boyhood Book Winners!

January 1, 2010 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Jan.1, 2010 Happy New Year! This joyous photo of youthful exuberance is Bryn Kressin, at left; one of our Shaping Youth winners of yesterday’s Packaging Boyhood book drawing where we pulled names … [Read more...]

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The Perfect Gift for a Man: Reinventing Manhood (Book)

December 9, 2009 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Dec. 9, 2009 And now for the GOOD news! Yesterday for I wrote about ‘boys being turned into monsters’ with toxic marketing proliferation about what it means to be masculine, rolling out narrowcast … [Read more...]

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Disney XD: A Case Study on Packaging Boyhood

November 3, 2009 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

Nov. 3, 2009 In diving into media messages targeting boys for my weekly Tuesday Packaging Boyhood posts, my mind snap went to ‘gaming’ pronto. Is this a stereotype? Or did I just do a Malcolm … [Read more...]

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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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