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The Story of Us: Why Communities can Help in the Fight Against Sexualization
Sexualized media offers children and adolescents a view of the world that is idealized and unrealistic. With the consistent images of women and girls as “objects” and narratives that promote using...
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Sexualization of Girls: Why talk about STEM?
Image via Wikipedia I’ve been talking a lot about promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields lately. Some of you may be wondering how that is related to fighting against the...
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Positive Activism Ideas: More Fun Ways to Slam Media and Marketers...
Candie's is Girl Caught In the post linked below, Amy Jussel of Shaping Youth shows how New Moon Girls has come up with a virtual sticker, similar to those I advocated in the post Stick it To ‘em....
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Sexualization and the Trivialization of the Female
I was listening to Jonathan Storment yesterday, and something that he said really caught my attention. He talked about how we can spend hours of our day, months of our lives, pursuing things that in...
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Katniss Everdeen: The First Post-Girl Power Hero
I loved this thoughtful article about Katniss from Rebecca Hains, a media studies professor who writes about children and media. I have cross posted it with her gracious permission. Rebecca’s point is...
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Sexualization of Children: A Person’s a Person, No Matter How Small
Image by davemc500hats via Flickr “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Dr. Seuss (The Lorax) As the mother of three children and a...
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Are you ready to change?
“Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw Are you ready to consider changing your mind? When someone presents an idea...
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Steubenville and Sexualization
I am haunted by the case described in this article in the New York Times of a high school girl who, while unconscious, was reportedly dragged to different parties and sexually assaulted by several...
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Enlightened Sexism: Why power through sexuality is bad for girls and women
In my last post, Steubenville & Sexualization, I mentioned my frustration with high-powered women like Cameron Diaz saying things like, “Women want to be objectified.” The truth is, there are...
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Sexualization: Where do you see it?
In a full window display, women wear scanty lingerie, their breast spilling out of bustiers as they hold masks and tape made for binding partners during sex acts. A man looks on, eyeing the women like...
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Does Media Matter: How does media impact children?
Fellow iPad User (Photo credit: Jorge Quinteros) student_ipad_school – 149 (Photo credit: flickingerbrad) Early Onset Brainwashing (Photo credit: FonnaTasha) As a blogger, speaker, and activist, I...
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No More Sexy Halloween!
Halloween has become a very sexy holiday. The costumes are reminiscent of the adult entertainment industry, promoting girls and women as sexual objects. Even international publications are asking why...
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Men Try on Sexy Halloween Costumes
Buzzfeed recently featured men trying on sexy Halloween costumes. As they squeeze themselves into these ridiculously scanty outfits, the men realize how uncomfortable and stupid these costumes are....
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Silly Sexy Halloween
Oh my word. I was looking at Halloween costumes online at a big box store and among the offerings for women were some of the silliest things I’ve seen. These don’t quite beat out the Sexy Piñata...
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Book Pre-Release Special: Collett Smart
To celebrate the February 28 release of my book, Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children: Teaching Kids to be Smart Critics and Consumers, I’m having a pre-release sharing of some special sections...
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Pre-Release Special: Mom says, “My daughter will grow up soon enough!”
Amy B. is a mother of three children, two boys aged 15 & 17 and a daughter aged 10. I asked her to share her thoughts about how sexualized media impacts her family. This is what she had to say. My...
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Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children
My book, Sexualized Media Messages & Our Children: Teaching Kids to be Smart Critics & Consumers will be released tomorrow, February 28, 2015! This is a practical book with a strong research...
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Does media really matter?
As a blogger, speaker, and activist, I often hear from people who do not believe that media and marketing really impact children. These people seem quite certain that children can be exposed to any...
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Gender and Media Talk Podcast: Athlete or Sex Symbol and The Price of Sexy
https://dontconformtransform.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/elizabeth-daniels-podcast.mp3 Today on Gender and Media Talk we’re talking with Dr. Elizabeth Daniels, assistant professor of psychology at the...
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