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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...]

Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: A Mighty Girl, Amy-Jussel, antidote to sexualization, Brave, Carolyn Danckaert, Early-Sexualization, encouraging STEM, Geena Davis Institute, Gender, gender and media portrayals, gender literacy, girl-empowerment, girlpower, girls leadership, girls-self-worth, graphic novels, healthy choices, healthy girls toys, healthy media, media-literacy, Monster High, multicultural kids books, Packaging-Girlhood, Peggy Orenstein, pink and blue, positive messages about girls, positive role models for girls, Shero, sheroes, STEM for girls, strong female characters, SuperGirl, supershero, top books on bullying prevention for girls, Ultimate guide to the independent princess, winx, women and girls lead

Are We Making Matters Worse By All The Body Image Chatter?

September 3, 2009 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

Sept. 3, 2009 Lots of chatter on Twitter about yesterday's Jezebel piece and the WSJ article about dieting 4th graders. It leads off, "In 1986, 80% of fourth-grade girls were dieting. Wall Street … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Barbie doll, body image issues getting worse, childhood obesity, children, Claire-Mysko, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, diet, dieting children, Dr.-Robyn-Silverman, eating-disorders, epidemiology, feel good, girls, healthy choices, I'm like so fat, idealized images, Jeffrey Zaslow, Jezebel, Kelly Clarkson, kids nutrition, media influence, media-literacy, parenting, photoshopping body image, preteen, psychology, puberty, self-esteem, Self-worth-kids, teens, thinspiration, Wall Street Journal, weight, weight obsession, worry

Two Angry Moms Bring A Fresh Approach To Shaping Youth 9-21!

September 11, 2008 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Filmmaker Amy Kalafa will be with us in October in person instead of September! Haven’t lost my ad agency headline-writing ability to cram all the vital sponsorship info into a log line, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Fresh Approach, agents of change, Amy Kalafa, Amy-Jussel, Bay Area Parent, Biggest Loser, champions for change, changebloggers. film activism, Cindy Byrne, Dare to compare, diet, Fall Film Fest, fresh choice, good nutrition, gross out game, healthy choices, Healthy-Kids, HFCS, HOPE Collaborative, Jack London Square, junk-food, Kids, Kids health, love your veggies, lunchbox ideas, Media-Kids, network for healthier california, nonprofit entrepreneurs, nutrition, Oakland School Board, organics, Pop-Culture, processed foods, Rachel Ray, Revolution Foods, school lunch, school lunch program, school lunches, social change, TAM documentary, Trader Joes, Two Angry Moms, whole foods, Youth-Media

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