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Bottom Feeders Like American Apparel Need Whacked in the Assets

February 2, 2010 by Amy Jussel 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 photo of your booty's best side for judgment,” invites American Apparel in their latest sexist slop. Yep, they've launched their new ad campaign to “search for the best bottom in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: A&F, About-Face, Actionists, activists, adolescents, advocacy, American Apparel, Amy-Jussel, anti-porn, APA, APA task force sexualization girls, appearance cues, body-positive, boy toys, boycott, branding-youth, cause marketing, Childhood Matters, cultures of dignity, Dads, Daughters, demeaning, Dora, empowerment, Etsy, exploitation, females, feminist, girl revolution, girlcott, Girlcotts, girlpower, growing girls with purpose, harassment, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, HGHW, iPetitions, Live Nation, lyn mikel, mom bloggers, New-Moon-Girl-Media, one angry girl, Packaging-Girlhood, petition, PigTail Pals, porn influence on kids, preteen-health, REVERB, SAHM, self-objectify, sexist slop, sexploitation, sexting, sexting prosecution, sexuality, Sexualization, stay at home dads, t-shirts, Targeting Kids, Tee shirts, teens, tees, thongs, toxic ads, toxic waste, undermining parents, underwear, violence, women

CyberBullying Tragedies and Internet Safety: eModeration Part3

December 3, 2009 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

Dec. 3, 2009 Just visited the excellent Connect Safely forum to pose the industry question, is there ANYthing that digital moderators or online advocates could’ve done in the child safety realm to prevent the loss of 13-year old Hope Witsell due to the suicide/sexting case? Obviously, Hope's case (visual at left/MSNBC) was on mobile phones, but cyberbullying/bodysnarking and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Adinas-Deck, age violations, Anne Collier, banning, blocking, bullying, CEOP, Common Sense Media, Connect Safely, Crisp, Crisp Thinking, CSM, Cyber Tipline, Cyberbullying, digital media, digital multiculturalism, e-learning, eModeration, ethics, Exploited children, Facebook, Focus Dialogues, global digital citizens, Global Kids, Good-Play-Project, grooming, Hailey Hacks, Harvard, Hope Witsell, How to Bullyproof Yourself, Howard Rheingold, imposter profiles, internet filters, internet safety guide, IWF, Izzy-Neis, MacArthur-Foundation, media-literacy, Meeting of the Minds, MMORPGs, moderation, monitoring, netfamilynews, NetModerator, online behavior, online risks, peer tech support, predator panic, RezEd.org, safe chat, Safe Kids.com, self-esteem, sexploitation, sexting, smart socializing, social networking, Tamara Littleton, teen suicide, texting, ThinkUKnow, tracking, Virtual-Worlds, Wired Safety

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 send a tribute to Betty Makoni for her amazing work in Zimbabwe w/healing from rape/abuse of small children via the Girl Child Network due to mythology of 'curing AIDS through … [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

Final 48 Hours! Vote Girl Child Network’s Betty Makoni CNN Hero ’09!

November 17, 2009 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Nov. 17, 2009 Last week, when the Guardian reported, “Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in Zimbabwe in a growing epidemic that has shocked human rights activists,” I blinked back my tears of outrage, knowing full well that this is the battle Betty Makoni has been fighting for an entire DECADE with The Girl Child Network. Betty is a Top Ten CNN Hero of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, People Shaping Youth, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Africa, AIDS, Beth-Kanter, Betty Makoni, child abuse, child rape, CNN Hero 2009, CNN Heroes, commercial sex industry, documentary, film, Forbes women, GEMSGIRLS, Girl Child Network, Girl Effect, girl revolution, girls, girls leadership, Global Fund for Women, GWLN.org, Hero of the year, HIV, human rights, humanity, In Her Shoes, Indie film, leaders, leadership, Michealene Cristini Risley, mythology, philanthropy, rescue, sexploitation, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, sexual health, Shaniya Davis, Shero, social-media, Sundance, Tapestries-of-Hope, teens, TOH, Top Ten CNN Heroes 2009, trafficking, very young girls documentary, victim, Vote for Betty Makoni, White House Project, women, Women Leaders for the world, Zimbabwe