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Archery: Using Media To Get Kids Outside, Into STEM, and More

January 2, 2014 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Aug. 20, 2016 Update Adding this report on the acceleration of archery as a sport for young girls, from the resource rich data gleaned from the fabulous Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. … [Read more...]

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SureFire Girls: Life Literacy For Teens in a Power-Packed Conference

October 8, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Oct. 8, 2013 As the parent of a teen graduating high school, spring was like a surreal montage of college tours, anticipation, excitement and questions swirling in my brain.Did I give her enough savvy … [Read more...]

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Rachel Simmons Tonight at GunnHS, Palo Alto!

September 24, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Sept. 24, 2009 S.F. Bay Area readers, reminder Rachel Simmons is speaking TONIGHT for free at Palo Alto's Gunn High School (details here) about her new book The Curse of the Good Girl (living proof of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, be heard, bullying, Curse of the Good Girl, emotional intelligence, empowerment, girls, Girls for a Change, girls leadership, girls voices, girls-confidence, Gunn High School, ideals, Kids, New-Moon-Girl-Media, Odd Girl Out, overachievers, perfect, preteens, Queen bees, Rachel Simmons, relational aggression, RESPECT, Rosalind Wiseman, self-worth, Stepford wives, super girls, SuperGirl, youth, youth voices

New Moon’s Rising For Girls Media: Orb28 For Teens 13-15+ (Part 1)

June 19, 2008 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Orb28 Let's see: Orb: "A sphere of influence, a collective body"...28: numeral referring to the moon's cycle...New Moon: lunar phase when the moon orbits between the Earth and the Sun; Moon: a symbol … [Read more...]

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26 Nov

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos says his network’s friendly interview with Trump, “put in doubt the independence of our news department.”

"We cannot... offer Trump an open microphone to broadcast his falsehoods and conspiracy theories."

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16 Nov

Out today! A driver's manual for staying sane on the internet. @holden

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16 Nov

As @jayrosen_nyu so clearly states, it's "not the odds, but the stakes"...Media and #journo can convey context without partisan pandering, clearly citing facts on autocracy objectively...@Sulliview is right, the public deserves to be informed. #NewsLiteracy #democracy

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16 Nov

Dangerous 🆘📢to see this, given they've once AGAIN just enabled their platform to post lies claiming a rigged election when it was not! This is how democracies are overthrown with #misinformation Have media learned nothing? #Journo pay attention! WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-allows-ads-claiming-rigged-2020-election-on-facebook-instagram-309b678d?mod=e2tw

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