Girl Media Archives - Shaping Youth

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

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

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