Jan 6, 2011 “You have to separate the art from the artist.” How many times have you heard that turn of phrase relating to everything from hotel smashing rockers and hiphop thuggery to mind-bending … [Read more...]
Help SPARK a Name for the Sexualization Summit To Ignite Change!
June 21, 2010 by 7 Comments
June 21, 2010 As the summer solstice kicks off, the energy is heating up over the buzz about the SPARK! summit challenging the sexualization of girls and women in media, and advocates are already been … [Read more...]
Shaping Youth Honors Girls Rights Week May 3-7
May 3, 2010 by 7 Comments
May 3, 2010 In honor of Girls Rights Week, advocating for positive change in the world, I’m going to run a week long series of “all things girl” to show how media and marketing can HELP rather than … [Read more...]
Bottom Feeders Like American Apparel Need Whacked in the Assets
February 2, 2010 by 29 Comments
Feb. 9, 2010 Update: Almost 1000 signatures already & expanding global on ipetitions now! Join in! Orig article 2-2-10: "Confident about the junk in your trunk? Show us your assets! Post a … [Read more...]
iPad makes women iMad? Gender or Generational Naming Gaffe?
January 28, 2010 by 16 Comments
Jan. 28, 2010 While the Baltimore Sun visual at left handily depicts the pros and cons of the new iPad tablet gizmo at a glance, geek girls and IT career women have been raising an iBrow at the iPad … [Read more...]
Meaningful Manga: Graphic Novels and Growth
December 13, 2009 by 15 Comments
Update: May 21, 2014 Our friends at Reach and Teach have added another clever manga style illustrated book called "A is for Action" which merits an update! I love the seeding of social change in a fun … [Read more...]
CyberSafety Online: Tips From The Inside Out Via eModeration (Part 2)
November 27, 2009 by 15 Comments
Nov. 26, 2009 Who’s minding the kids online? What’s ‘moderation’ got to do with it? It doesn’t take a retro flashback to know that “Kids say the darndest things,” but who is there to help them … [Read more...]
Save New Moon Girls: Help Us, Help Them!
November 12, 2009 by 1 Comment
Nov. 12, 2009 Long before the vampires and sparkling sagas of Twilight’s New Moon, New Moon Magazine delighted girls as a ‘go to guide’ for navigating adolescence and being themselves. After 16 … [Read more...]
Shaping Youth Joins New Moon Girls Media As Affiliate Partner
November 5, 2009 by 11 Comments
Nov. 5, 2009 New Moon Girl Media had a massive makeover last year giving girls 8 and up a vibrant, social, supportive space to express themselves without being bombarded by pop up ads for diets, … [Read more...]
Rachel Simmons Tonight at GunnHS, Palo Alto!
September 24, 2009 by 2 Comments
Sept. 24, 2009 S.F. Bay Area readers, reminder Rachel Simmons is speaking TONIGHT for free at Palo Alto's Gunn High School (details here) about her new book The Curse of the Good Girl (living proof of … [Read more...]
Keeping Kids Safe From Predators (er, Marketers) Part One
July 13, 2009 by 10 Comments
July 13, 2009 Since researcher Sara M. Grimes opened up the conversation on data mining and privacy practices for us, I’d like to keep the focus on this important topic for a sec, because I DO believe … [Read more...]
Shaping Youth At Ypulse 2009: Send In Your Priorities
May 1, 2009 by 16 Comments
May 1, 2009 Much like the scene in the new Disneynature Earth documentary where the lions and the elephants are drinking from the same watering hole, Shaping Youth has been invited to share space … [Read more...]
DigiGirlz: Teen Girls Build Community, Online and Off (Part Three)
January 30, 2009 by 14 Comments
Jan. 30, 2009 I met Lynn Langit of Microsoft DigiGirlz last year at my first 'She’s Geeky' and saw her determined passion and creative desire to offer 13-19 year old girls exposure to technical career … [Read more...]
What’s On Tweens’ Minds? Meet Denise Restauri of AllyKatzz
November 24, 2008 by 20 Comments
I figure the Obama girls are going to be a huge focal point in the months ahead (gawd help those darlings) and self-ascribed tween “experts” will be crawling out of the media morass … [Read more...]
Move Over Dr. Phil, Here Comes “Doctor Jenn for Girls”
November 21, 2008 by 7 Comments
“Ever wonder why it seems so hard to be a good parent? Do you ever feel like you don’t know how to survive the turbulent teen years? Or where you can turn for help? Rest assured… … [Read more...]
New Moon Girl Media Officially Launches on Founder’s Birthday!
November 12, 2008 by 27 Comments
Bringing girls voices to the world, New Moon Girl Media’s online community vaults out of beta testing to be “born” on Founder Nancy Gruver’s birthday today! I’m … [Read more...]
All Things Girl On Shaping Youth Kicks Off NEXT Week
November 3, 2008 by 3 Comments
Okay. My bad. I should’ve known before I opened my mouth that ‘the first week of November’ would be “All Things Girl” week here…With the elections, the launch of … [Read more...]
Shaping Youth Interviews ATB Director Darryl Roberts
August 29, 2008 by 10 Comments
Last Friday I broke policy and posted America the Beautiful: “See it. Support it.” sight unseen! 48 hours ago I saw it; applauded it. 24 hours ago I started a ‘social media … [Read more...]
New Moon Girl Media: Orb28 Gives Rise to Teen Voices (Part 2)
June 20, 2008 by 21 Comments
Ready to tap into the 'inner sphere' of the upcoming teen site Orb28? Continuing yesterday's post about youth media orgs like these ready to put pop culture messaging on a whole new frequency, … [Read more...]
New Moon’s Rising For Girls Media: Orb28 For Teens 13-15+ (Part 1)
June 19, 2008 by 6 Comments
Orb28 Let's see: Orb: "A sphere of influence, a collective body"...28: numeral referring to the moon's cycle...New Moon: lunar phase when the moon orbits between the Earth and the Sun; Moon: a symbol … [Read more...]
