I’m not a prude but

Wordless Wednesday: Not. Gleeful. Spark Change!

October 20, 2010 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

October 20, 2010 Wordless Wednesday photocap: "Why we need to SPARK change: Teens' media messaging" Register now for SPARKSummit to ignite a movement challenging sexualization. Girls' have a right to healthy sexuality instead of boytoy objectification... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Damaging Drek, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: Gender, Glee, I'm not a prude but, Internet sexuality information services, media reform, media-literacy, objectification, parenting, Pornification, self-worth, sexuality vs sexualization, Sexualization, SPARK, spark change, SPARK! summit, teens, women's media center

6th Grade Boy Pulls A Susan Boyle To Trump LadyGaga

May 20, 2010 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 20, 2010 Riddle me this… What dynamo 6th grade boy from Edmond, Oklahoma performed LadyGaga’s Paparazzi managing to segue the local audience from ‘ho-hum, just another piano number’ talent show inattentiveness to jaw-dropping admiration in ‘omg, this boy has some SERIOUS pipes’ style? (video after the jump) AND... How did digital media turn Greyson Chance into this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 6th grader, Bieber, celebrity, Celebrity worship, Deconstructing Gaga through the lens of youth, digital drama, Edmond Oklahoma, Ellen Degeneres, Ellen Show, Fame Monster, Gaga, Generation-Digital, Glee, Greyson Chance, hearthrob, I Dream a Dream, I'm not a prude but, instant success, Interscope, kids media influence, Lady Gaga, LadyGaGa, media darlings, media-literacy, middle school, overnight sensation, Paparazzi, Pop-Culture, preteens, reality shows, record deal, Sheeple, Starpower, starstruck, Susan Boyle, unknown, web celeb, youth

Commodification of Kids: The Backlash Has Begun

April 16, 2010 by Amy Jussel 17 Comments

April 16, 2010 About a year ago, TruthOut featured a poignant article called "Commodifying Kids, The Forgotten Crisis" by academic Henry A. Giroux, and though I read it with lots of head bobbing agreement on the tipping point of toxicity, I have to strongly DISagree with the "forgotten" notion. This issue is not the LEAST bit forgotten...it's on fire, baby and it's gaining … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Adproofing, America the Beautiful movie, Amy-Jussel, APA, buffed boy, Candies, CCFC, childhood, Childhood Matters, coarseness, commodification, Consuming kids, consumption, corporate accountability, Counter-marketing, crass, CSR, digital-ads, Dr. Robyn, ethics, exploitation, Forgotten crisis, FTC, harm, Healthy media choices, Henry Giroux, HGHW, hottie factor, I'm not a prude but, Jess Weiner, KGOY, meat marketing, Media circus, media influence, media-literacy, Oakland schools, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, padded bikinis, PEM, PigTail Pals, Pop-Culture, Rachel Simmons, Sexualization, So Sexy So Soon, The Consumerist, The Fat Trap, thinspiration, thongs, true child, TruthOut, tweens