#BraveGirlsWant take back media campaign kicks off Friday

October 10, 2013 by

If you are anywhere in or near New York City tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 11 – the second International Day of the Girl Child – get yourself and your daughters down to Times Square for the kick off of the Brave Girls Alliance campaign. They are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: body image, gender stereotyping, girls and women in media, health issues, marketing gone too far, media gone too far, Media literacy, objectification, People taking action, Positive marketing and media series, positive media, sexualization, social action

More social action news: Collaborating for positive messages for girls

June 12, 2013 by

The sexy Merida transformation sparked outrage, and now it has sparked something positive. Activists in the fight against sexualization of girls have formed the Brave Girls Alliance to work for healthy media images and messages for girls. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Disneyfication, gender stereotyping, girls and women in media, marketing to children, Media literacy, media policy, positive media, Sexualization of children, social action

Social action to change the media, Facebook version. Here’s how it can be done.

May 29, 2013 by

THE Update: Yesterday evening, after I wrote the post below, there was an announcement that Facebook had agreed to work with the coalition of women's groups demanding that Facebook change its policies that allow rape joke pages and pages inciting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: girls and women in media, media gone too far, media policy, social action, violence in the media