Sept. 14, 2016 Warning! This book may fly in the face of how you’re working with young people, and jolt you into an awareness from which you may never see yourself or your work in the same way again. Part “how-to” guide for intergenerational relationships, and part media literacy peeking behind the stagecrafting of today’s journalism narratives, the case studies have … [Read more...]
Powered by Girl: Tips For Working in Tandem with Youth
Filed Under: Media Literacy Tagged With: girl activists, Girl Effect, girlpower, girls mentoring, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, intergenerational work, Julia Bluhm, kids media literacy, Lyn Mikel-Brown, myth of the special girl, Packaging-Girlhood, Powered By Girl, Spark Movement, supporting youth, TEDification, teen activism, youth activists
Julia Bluhm’s Plea To Curb PhotoShop Sparks Change at Seventeen Mag
July 8, 2012 No secret the 'world according to teen magazines' is abysmal for girls, and we've seen mega-stats, studies and fact sheets about the impact on tweens and teens, (KFF pdf here) but as the adage goes... "People don't change when they see the light; they change when they feel the heat." We can thank 14-year old Julia Bluhm for sparking that bonfire. In the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: adolescent body image, Ann Shoket, beauty myth, body ideals, Body Peace Treaty, Change.org, do no harm, Early-Sexualization, girls self esteem, girls-self-worth, Julia Bluhm, Keep It Real, media impact on girls, Media-Kids, media-literacy, mental health, Miss Representation, National Eating Disorder Awareness, NEDA, Photoshop models, photoshopping body image, preteen-health, preteen-self-esteem, Seventeen Magazine, socioemotional health, SPARK, spark change, Take Back Beauty, teen depression, teen magazines, Teen Vogue petition, teens-media, thinspiration, visual literacy