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 same right here with yours truly, heh) I interviewed Rachel Simmons about what all has transpired in media and marketing since her decade of research on relational … [Read more...]
Rachel Simmons Tonight at GunnHS, Palo Alto!
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
Women Talk Sports Network: Voices To Be Heard
May 19, 2009 In the “Young Runners” post yesterday I glossed over the new Women Talk Sports network and Shaping Youth Correspondent Rebecca Scritchfield’s involvement as one of their cadre of contributing bloggers, because I KNEW this media magic warranted a post and presence all its own. One of our readers yesterday was seeking a hub for encouraging teen girl athletes … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking, athletes, Danica Patrick, Daughters, girls, girls voices, girls-self-worth, Go Girl World, GoGirlGo, GWLN, Jane Schonberger, Jean Zimmerman, Media-Education-Foundation, Megan Hueter, Natalie-Coughlin, Nicole LaVoi, Olympians, Playing-Unfair, preteens, pretty tough, Raising Our Athletic Daughters, self-esteem, Sport for Change, teens, Tucker Center, Women Leaders for the world, women s, Women Talk Sports network, Womens-Sports-Foundation, WomenTalkSports, WTS, Young Runners, Youth-sports