Tag Archives: media messages and children

Does Media Matter: Media and the Self

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

One of the things that I hear quite often when I talk about why media matters is the idea that children and adolescents understand that media does not depict reality. Adults tend to think that children and adolescents understand media … Continue reading →

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Sexualization of Girls: Why talk about STEM?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

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 sexualization of children. These two concepts are closely related, because while … Continue reading →

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What is sexualization anyway?

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Since this blog has attracted a lot of new readers lately, I thought it was important to go back and revisit the idea of sexualization. I talk about it a lot, but new readers may be wondering, “Exactly what is … Continue reading →

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The Truth about Beauty: Tatum and her Beads of Courage

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Tatum is a precious little girl who used to live down the street from us. Tatum’s mom, Mandy, posted this picture on Facebook recently, and I thought, “Now there is beauty.” Forget photoshop. Forget trying to be perfect. Forget wasting … Continue reading →

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Gendered Marketing and Children: Why does it matter?

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

  A comment I heard recently made me think about the consequences of living with stereotype threat. We were discussing the ways that stereotype threat affects kids. One woman said that she had not experienced bias because of her gender … Continue reading →

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Victory for Young Consumer Activist: Seventeen’s Body Peace Treaty

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Julia Bluhm organized a petition to Seventeen magazine asking that they provide girls with more realistic images of beauty. This article shares the fact that Seventeen has agreed, making a Body Peace Treaty with girls that guarantees that they won’t … Continue reading →

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Sexy Horses and Trolls and Fairies, Oh My: Toys all Tarted Up

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

Hot-to-trot ponies? Dolls that wax? Toys get tarted up – Parenting – TODAYshow.com. In a story on the Today Show website, they show several examples of toys that are crazily sexualized, with even horses wearing high heels, make-up, and coy … Continue reading →

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Pressure and power: What’s a girl to do?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

I was teaching a class not long ago on the sexualization of women in the media and how it impacts children and adolescents. While discussing how media’s pressure on girls to focus on their sexuality as a source of power, … Continue reading →

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Are Princesses Really so Bad?!

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

If you read the review or information about the book Cinderella Ate my Daughter, you may be wondering, are princesses really that bad? Are they evil? Is it wrong to let my child play with anything princess related? People also … Continue reading →

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Fight the Power: Children and Adolescents as Consumer Activists

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Using social media and word of mouth, adolescents and caring adults can work together to fight for their rights and advocate against companies that put a bulls-eye on their childhood. Continue reading →

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