Shaping Youth Joins New Moon Girls Media As Affiliate Partner

Nov. 5, 2009 New Moon Girl Media had a massive makeover last year giving girls 8 and up a vibrant, social, supportive space to express themselves without being bombarded by pop up ads for diets, hoochie mama fashions and (pre)teen profiteering… I wrote about it extensively here and here and here (the latter being my favorite one, interviewing the girls themselves!) so let's … [Read more...]

Childhood Matters Radio Show: Raising Strong, Healthy Girls Today

July 19, 2009 Here are some of the brand new resources or lesser known resources I named on the air today for those seeking SOLUTIONS rather than just identifying problems to get girls strong from the start and counter-act raising girls amidst "meat marketing"so pervasive today. TrueChild.org: Washington D.C. based advocacy org focusing specifically on these gender … [Read more...]

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

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 time’---I’m finding it really hard to stay ‘in theme’ when events are swirling around me with exciting new media to share! Whether it’s accompanying Anand and my … [Read more...]

Shaping Youth Interviews Girl Mogul Founder Andrea Stein

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 Carrie Ellett’s crew at Girls For A Change to a firstperson overseas experience at the YWCA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia shared by International Fellows Program college recipient … [Read more...]

All Things Girl On Shaping Youth Kicks Off NEXT Week

Okay. My bad. I should’ve known before I opened my mouth that ‘the first week of November’ would be “All Things Girl” week here…With the elections, the launch of Elf Island's Gaming for Good into beta tomorrow (full interview posting later today) and my backlog postings from the Health 2.0 conference, I realize I need to finish one cool … [Read more...]