Toys R Us Sweden recently released its ad in which children were featured in a variety of gender-mixed spaces, with boys playing with blow-dryers, kitchens, babies and Barbies and girls…
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“Good guys are always skinny and bad guys are always fat.” That’s what a five-year-old told me recently while re-imagining Super Mario World through Legos. I immediately offered that Mario…
Plenty of young people in the past decade have risen to (sometimes brief) stardom on YouTube. Various stars, from Justin Bieber to Soulja Boy, were discovered on the Internet after…
This past week media has reminded us that racism is alive and well. From teenagers to Billy Crystal, it sometimes feels we’re hearing a perpetual resounding “No” in response to…
As a white girl growing up in a small town, I learned plenty about racist American history during my childhood and understood its injustice at a young age. But I…
Children are being exposed to media at very young ages so it seems especially important to engage them in some sort of early childhood media literacy. However, there isn’t much…
A recent article on YPulse covers the rising industry of Tween salons, specifically one suburban salon called Sweet & Sassy Salon and Spa, where girls are encouraged to be “Diva…
A recent study suggests that heavy media use makes girls less happy. The Stanford study of North American girls ages 8-12 points out the lack of face-time and interpersonal interaction…
The Lego petition is an interesting one. How many toys have been made that reinforce these gender stereotypes for children without such a vocal complaintfrom this many consumers? What is…
Today, we’re looking back at your favorite LAMPpost articles from 2011. We’ve listed the top piece for each quarter of the year, and the top overall. Be sure to stop…
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