October 26, 2010 I’ll recap Spark Summit takeaways soon, but with Halloween around the corner, I have a few timely tidbits that go beyond the need to Spark Change over sexualized costumes and look at the blinding message of consumerism triumphing creativity overall. When corporations undermine our values and put a ‘not good enough’ angst-inducing spin on children’s creative … [Read more...]
Selling Insecurity For Profit, Telling Kids Creativity Doesn’t Count?
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Vapid Values Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Consumerism, consumption, creative costumes, CSR, dereon divas, DIY, Easy Kids Costumes, flip the message, Green Halloween, Halloween, homemade, Iron Man, Last minute costumes, No Sew Costumes, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, Parents for Ethical Marketing, Pop-Culture, quick and simple, storebought, Target, Target Iron Man, Trick or treat
Mother’s Day Media Worth Forwarding to A Friend
May 8, 2009 These customizable video insertions are getting more sophisticated by the nanosecond! This one by Mom’s Rising is a favorite for me this year, harkening back to when I duped a massive amount of gullible friends with the ‘Amy’s thrown her hat in the ring’ Presidential prank during the '08 elections. Mom’s Rising has done a great job of making this video "go … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: activism, Amy-Jussel, Beth Jussel, BlogHer, e-cards, free, free viral video cards, Freebie-Finds-Kids, freebies, homemade, mama bloggers, moms, Moms Rising, MomsRising, Mothers Day, newsmakers, personalized videos, prank videos, Viral Videos