BLOG ROLL & RESOURCES:
I have the great privilege to work with some amazing people in the arena of media literacy and girl empowerment. Our voice is strong because it is a collective voice. I urge you to listen to what they have to say as well.
Must reads for ALL parents:
- “So Sexy So Soon” by Diane Levin & Jean Kilbourne
- “Packaging Girlhood” and “Packaging Boyhood” by Sharon Lamb & Lyn Mikel Brown
- “Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls” by M. Gigi Durham
- “Cinderella Ate My Daughter” by Peggy Orenstein
- “Princess Recovery: A Parent’s Guide to Raising a Daughter Who Can Create Her Own Happily Ever After” by Jennifer Hartstein
More great media literacy & kids reading:
- “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women” by Naomi Wolf
- “Pink Brain,Blue Brain” by Lise Eliot
- “Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child & the New Consumer Culture” by Juliet Schor
- “The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World” by Susan Linn
- “Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism” by Natasha Walters
Media Literacy Resources:
www.sparksummit.com Fighting sexualization of girls and women
Ask the Mediatrician (http://cmch.typepad.com/mediatrician/) Children’s Hospital Boston – Center on Media and Child Health
www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org
www.commercialfreechildhood.org
www.marketingmediachildhood.com
www.achilleseffect.com Discussing impact of gender stereotypes on boys and masculinity
www.sosexysosoon.com/blog and www.packaginggirlhood.com
I follow the work of these experts:
Lyn Mikel Brown – author and girl activist extraordianaire, founder of Hardy Girls Healthy Women and Powered By Girl
Peggy Orenstein – bestselling author, girl guru, fellow Midwesterner (once removed)
Geena Davis Institute for Gender in the Media – a research non-profit started by the actress when she realized how very few girls were in the media
Amy Jussel – Media & Marketing Expert Analyst, shoots straight from the hip
Lisa Ray – Founder of Parents for Ethical Marketing, also a Midwesterner. Just saying.
Melinda Tankard Reist – Author, founder of Collective Shout, and one of my favorite Australians
Jess Weiner – bestselling author, Actionist (R) Network Creator, Dove Global Ambassador for Self Esteem
Nancy Gruver – creator of New Moon Girls magazine and online community for girls, parent educator at Daughters.com. Midwest holla!
Dr. Michele Borba – Parenting Expert and Author of 319 books. Just kidding, only 23.
Sue Scheff – Parenting Advocate, Internet Expert for kids and teens, and Author
Dr. Robyn Silverman – author, Child Development Expert specializing in body image in young people
Rosalind Wiseman – amazing author, speaker, and educator Creating Cultures of Dignity
Rachel Simmons – Girl Expert and Author, creator of Girls Leadership Institute
Dr. Jen Shewmaker – Professor of Psychology at Abilene Christian University and blogger at Operation Transformation
Danielle Miller – author of “The Butterfly Effect” – a must read for parents raising confident teen girls
Elena from The Illusionists – Film maker of documentary “The Illusionists”, excellent follow for women’s media literacy
Jane Balvanz & Blair Wagner – Child Friendship Experts, specializing in the perils and joys of girl friendships
Dr.Carla Stokes – Girl Empowerment Expert
Dara Chadwick – Body Image Expert and Author. Wicked smart body image advice for moms
Julsey Parker- Body Image and Media Literacy Activist, beautiful blogger and another fave Australian. Oz!
Andrea Owen – Lifecoach, Inner Gremlin Killer, Body Image Activist, and one of my favorite moms
Other people we refer to and draw inspiration from daily: Voice In Recovery, SheHeroes, Adios Barbie, Feminist Fatale, Ms. Magazine, Princess Free Zone, and Women’s Media Center
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I no longer have a little girl. My daughter is a grown woman. Yours is the fight I fought as she made that huge transformation from little girl to tween to teen to young woman. I love what you stand for!!
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Hi,
Love the ideas here. I also have a book about a girl growing up, well she experiences, so far, different things on different farms throughout her life from farm to farm from location to location. Her first farm, The Little Apple – same title as book too.
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Allowing children, boys or girls, to grow up without so much commercialization is important. We raised our daughter to be her own person, and she is. Now, as she raises her daughter, I hope she remembers some of those lessons we taught her.
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I am a high school science teacher with a husband who stayed home and raised our three children. My two daughters and one son did not know dads normally worked until they were in middle school. I am FURIOUS with teen fashion for trying to convince my smart, kind, wonderful teens and tween that they need to bare their underwear, show their thighs, and leave nothing to the imagination to fit in. If my husband and I were not so busy, we’d open a store called “notaho” for parents who want others to know their kids are not streetwalkers. We shop at Lands End and Eddie Bauer, and occasionally Nike. Any ideas where to shop for prom for decent kids?
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I’d also like to suggest About-Face as a great media literacy organization that has curriculum and workshops, as well as a blog! http://www.about-face.org/
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Please take a look at our site–working to encourage girls to explore other career fields.
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