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Reading Between the Lines: A Media Literacy Education in Domestic Violence

January 30, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 30, 2015 For the first time ever, the NFL will air a pitch perfect, poignant PSA by No More.org against domestic violence that resonates on multiple levels and can be used as a tool to uncork … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #NoMore, A Thin Line, abusive relationships, Apps Against Abuse Challenge, break the cycle, Bsafe, campus safety apps, CDC Violence Prevention, circle of 6 app, cyberstalking, dating violence, digital abuse, domestic violence, DV, Elin Waldal, emotional abuse, Fight Back, Gender, gender violence, gender-based violence, Guardly, healthy masulinity, HHS, how do you measure prevention, intimate partner violence, Love is not abuse, Love is respect, NFL violence, No More, public health, rape, rape culture, Rihanna, Super Bowl domestic violence, TDV, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, textual harassment, thats not cool, The Line Campaign, Tornado Warning, Ultra Violet, VAW, VAWA, verbal abuse, Verizon DVP Summit, violence against women

Circle of 6 Campus Safety App: What It is And What it Isn’t

February 27, 2013 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Update: March 7, 2013 It's official! The President Signed VAWA! Feb. 28, 2013 Finally! The Violence Against Women Act has passed both the House and the Senate and is moving on for final signing by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Thin Line, abusive relationships, Apps Against Abuse Challenge, break the cycle, Bsafe, campus safety apps, Campus Sentinel, CDC Violence Prevention, Chris Brown Grammys, Circle of 6, circle of 6 app, culture of care, cyberstalking, dating violence, Deb-Levine, digital abuse, domestic violence, Elin Waldal, emotional abuse, Fight Back, Gender, gender violence, gender-based violence, Guardly, healthy masulinity, HHS, how do you measure prevention, intimate partner violence, Isis, IVP, kidvid, Life 360, Love is not abuse, Love is respect, mobile-youth-trends, Nancy Schwartzman, NCADV, On Watch, One Love Foundation, OnWatch, public health, rape, rape culture, Rihanna, school climate, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, textual harassment, thats not cool, The Line Campaign, Tornado Warning, VAWA, verbal abuse, Verizon DVP Summit, violence against women, Where is your line, youth tech health, YthLive

Victim Blaming, “Asking For It” and Baiting Outrage-On the Radio

February 19, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 2, 2016 Update Today's early release of Stanford student/campus rapist Brock Turner (3 months off an already lenient 6 month sentence) prompted this pithy video indictment by Elizabeth Plank on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: Asking For It, Blaming women for sexual assault, blaming women's clothes for rape, circle of 6 app, date rape, Everyday Sexism, ITV Daybreak, Men Can Stop Rape, no means no, one billion rising, provocation, radio shock talk, rape as a weapon, rape culture, sexual assault, She Asked For It, social justice, talkers, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, The Line Campaign, This is what I was wearing, USDOJ, VAWA, Victim blaming, victims of assault, violence against women, Where is your line, women at risk, women under siege

Sexism in Video Games: Tropes, Trolls and Terrific Upstanders

June 13, 2012 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Update YET AGAIN: Oct. 15, 2014 Reprising Anita Sarkeesian's important words, "The most radical thing you can do to support women online" given the cancellation of her Utah State University event … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Anita Sarkeesian, anti-bullying, APA, Bailey Shoemaker Richards, benevolent sexism, bullying, Bystanders, Chell, female gamers, Feminist Frequency, GDC 2012, hate speech, Kickstarter, Lara Croft, media vitriol, misogyny, MMO, MMORPG, objectification, rape culture, Samus, school climate, SeX-Box Exposure to sexist video games, sexism, sexism in video game culture, sexism in video games, sexist attacks, sexualized violence, target women, The Bro Code, Tropes vs Women, Upstanders, video games, violence against women, violence and video games, women and media

Love Is Respect: Teen Texting Tools Aim To Dial Down Dating Abuse

October 4, 2011 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

Feb. 2, 2015 Update February marks the beginning of "Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month" and given the powerful PSA from "No More" on domestic violence in the Super Bowl yesterday that I wrote about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Thin Line, break the cycle, Chris Brown, dating abuse, douchebag jar, DV, DVAM, Elin Waldal, gender and media portrayals, GirlCaught, girls as boy toys, Humane Education, Jackson Katz, LINA, LIR, Liz Claiborne, Love is not abuse, Love is respect, masculinity, Media-Education-Foundation, media-literacy, MEF, Men Can Stop Rape, Nat'l Dating Abuse Helpline, October Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Packaging-Boyhood, Predatory practices, Raising Girls Amidst Meat Marketing, rape jokes, Rihanna, sexting, Sexualization, SPARK! summit, stop disrespecting women, TDV, teen dating violence, texting, The Bro Code, The Good Men Project, Thomas Keith, Tornado Warning, turning boys into monsters, verbal abuse, violence, violence against women, what about the boys, Words Wound, XY Online

The Bro Code: Media, Masculinity & Misogynistic Misfires

September 29, 2011 by Amy Jussel 19 Comments

Update Sept 3, 2015 From the maker of The Bro Code and Generation M, Thomas Keith announces his newest film trailer via Media Education Foundation titled, "The Empathy Gap: Masculinity and the Courage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Adonis-Complex, anti-grinding, APA task force sexualization girls, boys, boys to men, buffed boy, do no harm, Gender, gender and media portrayals, gender wars, GirlCaught, girls as boy toys, Humane Education, IHE, Ikea Man World, Jackson Katz, Jenna Marbles, man cave, masculinity, Media-Education-Foundation, media-literacy, MEF, Men Can Stop Rape, Packaging-Boyhood, Parents TV council, Plan-International, Playboy Club Petition, Pop culture impact on kids, Pornification, Predatory practices, Raising Girls Amidst Meat Marketing, rape jokes, Sexualization, SPARK! summit, stop disrespecting women, teen dating violence, The Bro Code, The Good Men Project, Thomas Keith, turning boys into monsters, violence against women, what about the boys, XY Online

Vogue “Cadeaux”-Children ARE Gifts. Not To Be Wrapped & Sold

January 6, 2011 by Amy Jussel 19 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Vapid Values Tagged With: Assault on Little Girls, Cadeaux, Carine Roitfeld, CCFC, Crystal Renn, Daughters, Erotic innocence, fashion magazines, French Vogue, Girls are not candies, Jean Kilbourne, Jezebel, kids controversy, Media Watch, Nancy-Gruver, New-Moon-Girl-Media, Pornification, raunchy, REVERB, Sesame Streetwalkers, Sexualization, So Sexy So Soon, thongs are not undies, Tom Ford, VAW, violence against women, Vogue, We're fed up with American Apparel

Depravity Gone Viral: A Thin Line For Humanity on Facebook

September 17, 2010 by Amy Jussel 18 Comments

Sept 17, 2010 Deep breath. In. Out. Hold. Center. Ommmm… I’m trying REALLY hard to abstain from a kneejerk reaction to the ‘dare to share’ assault and twice-raped (by media) teen in Canada who had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: A Thin Line, Andy Church, anti-bullying, bullying, Bystanders, Canada, Canadian teen, child rape, Connect Safely, Cruel's Not Cool, date rape drugs, digital abuse, drugged dating violence, Easy A, Facebook, Gang rape victim, Get in the Game, healing, hookups, horrific Facebook ordeal, internet-safety, Jezebel, Jing online sharing tool, law enforcement, Mark Zuckerberg, media-literacy, Men Can Stop Rape, MTV VMA, open disdain of privacy, Over the Line, parenting, parents, Pitt Meadows, Pixel Project, Pop-Culture, porn charges, privacy settings, PTSD, Purple Ribbon, rape, rape photos, Rosalind Wiseman, sexting, sexual assault, skype safety, spiked drinks, Tapestries-of-Hope, teen drinking, teens, Upstanders, Upstanding, violence against women, Viral Rape Photos, Virginity Hit

Backdraft: DV=”Differing Views” on Dating/Domestic Violence

August 9, 2010 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

August 9, 2010 Consider this a ‘preliminary post’ to address the Eminem/Rihanna video controversy that’s scorching the blogosphere with the Love the Way You Lie lyrics being deconstructed to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: A Thin Line, abusive relationships, BackDraft, Chris Brown, controlling behavior, dating violence, domestic abuse, domestic violence, DV, dysfunctional relationships, Elin Waldal, Eminem, healthy dating, Helpline, jealousy, Love is respect, Love the way you lie, media-literacy, Men Can Stop Rape, National Domestic Violence Hotline, National teen dating abuse, NDVH, passion media messages, Pixel Project, possessiveness, Rihanna, teen soaps, teens dating violence, terrorism, The Line Campaign, Tornado Warning, Twilight, unhealthy relationships, violence against women

What Does a 13-Year Old Boy Know About DATING Violence?

May 9, 2010 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

Feb. 2013 update: First and foremost, yesterday's US Senate/VAWA vote overwhelmingly passed reauthorization and now moves on to the House of Representatives. What IS the Violence Against Women … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 2010, A Thin Line, abuse, AllyKatzz, APA, Bom411, Boy to man, boys to men, boyz to men, break the cycle, Buffed-Boys, coercion, controlling behavior, dating violence, DV, Elin Stebbins Waldal, Elin Waldal, emotional abuse, enlightenment, Gandhi, healthy dating, Jackson Katz, Jess Weiner, Kodiak Waldal, LiveStrong, Love is respect, misogyny, Mothers Day, NCADV, non-violence, Packaging-Boyhood, peace, perfect gift for a man, reach and teach, recovery, reinventing manhood, relationships, Respect Rx, teen dating violence, teen power, teens, The Good Men Project, The Pixel Project, Tornado Warning, turning boys into monsters, verbal abuse, violence, violence against women, what about the boys, Women2Follow

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How Can We Help Students Evaluate Scientific Information? Media Literacy Education! We recently convened #STEM & #MediaLiteracy educators to discuss the skills students need to learn to better evaluate scientific information & resist misinformation. ➡️

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12 Sep

Enjoying @iftf webinar happening now on #AI which is maxed out on attendees/Zoom, but viewable here: Complements the book I just finished, The Coming Wave which I HIGHLY recommend w/a macro lens on societal implications: https://www.the-coming-wave.com/ #IFTF

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6 Sep

"When #car companies aren’t busy sharing or selling your #data, they’re often not protecting it as well as they should. We couldn’t confirm if any of the car brands we researched meet our Minimum #Security Standards. That’s really bad and not normal" #tech

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7 Sep

Happening NOW...Great experts adding their perspectives via @FOSI on Zoom webinar right now: #tech4good #edu #storytelling #parenting

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