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Posts tagged media messages for girls
Fotoshop is the PERFECT Teacher for Young Girls Facing Media Pressures
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If you’re familiar with the phrase “sad, but true,” this must-watch video is hilarious because it’s so sad that it’s so true.
Moms, watch this one with your daughters! I know I will be showing this in my Mother-Daughter workshops based on Friendship & Other Weapons when we talk about the media’s impact on young girls. This is the perfect clip for creating awareness about healthy body images, photoshopping, and self-esteem.
Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.
“Maybe she’s born with it. No…I’m pretty sure it’s Fotoshop!”
Miss Representation: How Girls are Influenced by the Media
123413 years
Wow. Some things you know intuitively, but you don’t take the time to consider how astounding they are until someone puts all of the pieces together like this filmmaker did. In Friendship & Other Weapons, parents and professionals have three chapters devoted to helping kids examine media influences and pressures, knowing that awareness can build resistance.
Please check out this amazing short film–with your daughter!
Happy Day of the Girl
313 years
Today is International Day of the Girl! To celebrate the occasion, New Moon Girls is officially kicking off their Girl Caught Campaign to help raise awareness–and build resilience–in girls about the impact of media messaging. Check out their site, download your own set of Girl-Caught stickers, and help change the world, one girl at a time:
Pretty’s Got Nothing To Do With It
413 years
You may have heard the furor over JC Penny’s recent back-to-school T-Shirt for girls that read, “I’m Too Pretty to do My Homework, So My Brother Has to do it for Me.”
Check out Pigtail Pals’ response, via their newest T-shirt design for little girls:
http://margotmagowan.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/the-t-shirt-thats-changing-the-world/