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I’m Shaping Youth!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

How flattered am I that Amy Jussel at ShapingYouth.org decided to cross-post my AntiRacistParent column (Breaking the Color Code and Princess Power)?
ShapingYouth is a forum about media and marketing’s influence on kids, and is chock-full of great resources for parents and anyone interested in kids and consumer culture. Another such site is ParentsForEthicalMarketing.org/Corporate Babysitter. […]

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Your input needed: The Sheroes Project

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

What do you get when you cross presenting your girl-children with role models and icons who look like them, with home decorating?
The Sheroes Project.
Motivated by Maj. Kimbrell and by the desire to decorate BabyGirl’s new Big Girl bedroom, I’ve decided to collect images, preferably but not exclusively black and white, of black sheroes to frame, […]

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