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The Supermodels, Then and Now + A Chat With Janet Lansbury

February 1, 2012 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Feb. 1, 2012 “25% of young women 18-34 would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize..." ..."And 23% would rather lose their ability to read than their figures” opens Lisa … [Read more...]

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America the Beautiful Documentary: See it. Support It.

August 22, 2008 by Amy Jussel 18 Comments

Shaping Youth’s K-5 playground documentary in development, “Body Blitz: Media, Shaping Youth” should get a big boost of media ‘umpf’ and fiscal validation with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, 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 Tagged With: America the Beautiful documentary, Amy-Jussel, APA report early sexualization, appearance, ATB documentary, Biggest Loser, Body Blitz, catwalk, Darryl Roberts, Dove Onslaught, Dr.-Robyn-Silverman, Family Diets, Gerren Taylor, Girl Media Maven, modeling, MTV Model Makers, Nancy-Gruver, Packaging-Girlhood, Paris Hilton, Reign-of-the-Girl-Child, runways, Ted Casablanca, teens, thin, tween models, tweens, waif