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“Bring Your Baby to Life With Your Wii Remote?”

November 2, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Nov. 2, 2009 Not sure which part of this creeps me out more, the fact that 21st century baby dolls have a Wiimote crammed up the wazoo to ‘bring the baby to life’ as a Wii system accessory, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 21st century, Australia, Baby and Me, baby glutton, babydolls, balance board, Bebe Gloton, behavioral cues, boys, Case for Make Believe, CES, Consumer Electronics Show 2009, consumption, digital play, dolls, exergames, gaming, Gender, girls, health games, mommy bloggers, National Institute of Play, NextNow Collaboratory, Nintendo, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting, Pink Think, play, realism, simulations, Stuart Brown, Tech toys, totally wired, Toys, video games, Wii, Wii remote, wiimote, Wired

Fem 2.0: Feminine Feminism & The Mother of All Conversations

November 19, 2008 by Amy Jussel 18 Comments

Femmes and friends of all colors are abuzz about whether Erin Aubry Kaplan’s recent Salon article about Michelle Obama’s backside was out of bounds or ‘a joyful celebration’ of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 60 minutes Obama interview, African American stereotypes, Age-of-Conversation, Anita Borg Institute, APA, backside, black, BomChickawahwah, booty, boy toys, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Essence, Fem 2.0, Fem2.0, Fem2pt0, feminine versus feminist, feminism, feminism on the web, feminist, femme, First Ladies, First Lady, Gender, gender fratricide, girls, girls self esteem, girls-self-worth, glass ceiling, Lara Croft, Madeleine Albright, media-literacy, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Watch, mommification, mommy bloggers, MotrinMoms, Packaging-Girlhood, Pink Think, preteens, Pussycat Dolls, Racialicious, Salon, Sexualization, the F word, third wave feminism, turncoat fender, What About Our Daughters, women 2.0, women of the web

Motrin, Media Mamas and Twitter Tirades: Marcom Blunders Redux

November 17, 2008 by Amy Jussel 26 Comments

“When will they ever learn? When will they eeeeeeeever learn?” With apologies to Pete Seeger this media mama is having a déjàÂ vu moment blinking back to the corporate … [Read more...]

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