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Nicole Kidman Honors CNN Hero Betty Makoni’s Girl Child Network!

December 2, 2009 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Dec. 1, 2009 Opposites attract...as seen by Nicole Kidman's awarding of CNN Top Ten Hero Betty Makoni of the Girl Child Network on Thanksgiving night. Wow. It’s World Aids Day and what better time to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Misogyny & Racism, People Shaping Youth, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: abuse, Africa, AIDS, Betty Makoni, bravery, change agents, child trafficking, CNN Heroes 2009, Efran Penaflorida, GCN, GEMSGIRLS, Girl Child Network, Girl Child Press, girls, Girls helping girls, Growing Up Girl, HIV, Kids, Michealene Cristini Risley, Nicole Kidman, OWCF, rape, RED, sexploitation, Tapestries-of-Hope, tiny stars, unsung hero, Very Young Girls, women, World Aids Day, Zimbabwe

Twilight Teens, GirlChild Press & A Manifesta: Read, Kiddo, Read!

November 18, 2008 by Amy Jussel 19 Comments

Whether you’re sucking up the plotlines with girls of all ages and stages as part of the Twilight saga book series or are completely unaware of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer as the up and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 3blackchicks, abuse, Africa, Amy Goldwasser, Amy-Jussel, anti-racist parent, Betty Makoni, Carmen Van Kerckhove, Child, CoParenting, Deesha Philyaw, divorce, emotional landscape, Girl, GirlChild, GirlChild Press, girls, Growing Up Girl, Hip-Hop, hypersexual, innuendo, James Patterson, JLAG, Just Like A Girl, Kids, literacy, literary mama, Mamalicious, Manifesta, marginalized youth, Michealene Cristini Risley, Michelle Sewell, plotlines, poetry, poetry slams, rape, Read Kiddo Read, readergirlz, reading, RED, romance, School Library Journal, sexuality, SLJ, Stephanie Meyer, Tapestries-of-Hope, teen picks, teen reads, teenage girls, thug, top teen books, Twilight, Twilight Moms, Twilight premiere, Twilight saga, Twilight Teens, urban teens, vampires, women, YALSA, young adult fiction, Young Adult Services Library Association, Zimbabwe

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