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Headstream: Accelerating Youth Mental Health Innovation

December 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Dec. 22, 2019 With the world in need of joy juice to focus on visionary solutions over dire planetary predictions, youth particularly are impacted knowing they’ll be around the longest and are feeling … [Read more...]

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Kelly Parks Snider, Project Girl

September 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Sept. 23, 2015 Can't think of a better "Wordless Wednesday" than this powerful art exhibition "Hidden in Plain Sight" which speaks volumes in its visual insight. Creator and artist Kelly Parks … [Read more...]

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Gaming: A Battle Over Anorexia In World of Warcraft

June 6, 2014 by 4 Comments

June 7, 2014 This coming week I’m attending the colossal gaming #Gsummit in S.F., a four-figure fee fandango (won in a drawing) that I’m eagerly sweeping my slate for in order to learn from ‘the … [Read more...]

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Julia Bluhm’s Plea To Curb PhotoShop Sparks Change at Seventeen Mag

July 8, 2012 by 5 Comments

July 8, 2012 No secret the 'world according to teen magazines' is abysmal for girls, and we've seen mega-stats, studies and fact sheets about the impact on tweens and teens, (KFF pdf here) but as the … [Read more...]

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Miss Travel: Misrepresentation Way Beyond Arm Candy

April 26, 2012 by 5 Comments

April 26, 2012 “If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck”… It doesn’t take much inductive reasoning to see Miss Travel is afoul. That said, using critical thinking skills to see why … [Read more...]

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Overachievers: Interview with Liz Funk Author of SuperGirls Speak Out!

March 4, 2009 by 15 Comments

Mar. 4, 2009 I'm berating myself for not having this interview 'go live' on Eastern time, where teen author Liz Funk (now 20) resides...I'm doing the best I can... ...ESPECIALLY since I got behind … [Read more...]

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Supergirls Speak Out: Liz Funk on NBC Today, Tomorrow!

February 9, 2009 by 2 Comments

Feb. 9, 2009 In the ‘takes one to know one’ category, I have to throw my own overachiever support behind young SuperGirl Liz Funk who has spent the last couple years detailing the ‘pressure to be … [Read more...]

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