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Flirt Bots, Sex Bots and Artificial Intelligence: Future Shlock?

February 10, 2010 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Feb. 10, 2010 Anyone remember sweet Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons cartoon? (If you're not having a retro flashback there's a 2012 live-action remake in development so you'll no doubt hear about her soon) Robotic maids and servile techno gizmos and conveniences have come a looooong way since Rosie... Some show humanity ascending with hope and promise, others pose … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 2007 cyberlover, Advocates-for-youth, ai, American Apparel, Amplify, Amplify your voice, antivirus, April 10-18 2010, artificial intelligence, avatar, blood is the new black, bot, bots, chat rooms, Dan Jubelirer, data hijacking, data-mining, dating violence, degrading, digital nation, domestic violence, Facebook quizzes, Facebook-Beacon, feminism, Flirt Bots, flirting, Gender, Google Buzz, health, Heineken cyborg, helping heal, identity theft, IM, Isis, Jess Weiner, life size robotic girlfriend, malicious websites, malware, MSN chat, National Robotcis Week, patriarchy, pfishing, phishing, privacy, rape chic, robot, robotics, Roger David, Rosie the Robot, Roxxxy, sex bot, sex ed, Sex-Tech, sexting, sexual assault, sexuality, Sexualization, social sharing, Stephen Colbert, submission, Teen Advocate Dan, teens, The Jetsons, threads, Valentines

Reporting From the First Ever Tween Summit: Debra Moffitt for S.Y.

October 14, 2009 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Oct. 14, 2009 This past weekend, Denise Restauri and the AllyKatzz team launched the first ever National Tween Summit to see what's on the minds of preteen girls. I haven't figured out how to be two places at once yet, so I tapped KidsHealth.org editor, journalist and author Debra Moffitt who knows a LOT about "tweens" having recently written the book "The Pink Locker … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: AllyKatzz, Debra Moffitt, Denise Restauri, Girl Child, Girl Effect, girls, Girls for a Change, Growing Up Girl, health, Health2.0, Jess Weiner, Kids, KidsHealth.org, leadership, One is Greater Than None, pink, Pink Locker Society, RESPECT, self confidence, self-esteem, self-worth, smart girls, tween summit, tweens, twixt and between, Vital voices, women, Womens-Sports-Foundation, WSF