How 'Suite' it is (for Disney - big streaming numbers for the spin-off series "The Suite Life on Deck") (Media Week)
- More on Hip Chicas (the Hispanic tween girl site we told you about in an earlier Essentials. Plus check out Tootsville , yes, another tween/kid virtual world. And Startise , another DIY teen girl design your own stuff site) (Media Post, reg. required) (Mashable)
- What the next generation wants (from its online shopping experience) (Media Life Magazine)
- MTV is watching (what videos your watching on MTV.com) (Reuters)
- Predicto (one way to get cell phone polling data from youth)
- Racy movie trailers (on the rise) (Christian Science Monitor)
- More on 'Friday Nights Lights' (and the deal with Direct TV that denies fans like me the ability to watch it until this winter) (Forbes)
- Teaching fina...
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Ypulse Toolbox: 10 Youth Activism Sites To KnowFrom: ypulse.com
Post Date: 2008-09-05 10:45:14
For this Ypulse Toolbox, I'm focusing on 10 youth activism sites to give you a broad brush of what's happening in this space. I know there are many, many more amazing youth activism oriented communities, Facebook applications/groups and MySpace pages — and I hope folks will leave some of these in the comments. Obviously social media is transforming activism by allowing people to organize and connect at levels unimaginable before the internet. These communities will give you a...
more First Comes Baby, Then Comes Marriage?From: ypulse.com
Post Date: 2008-09-05 09:23:22
When I was home for a few weeks this summer, I was stunned to hear about all of my high school classmates who were engaged, married, or parents. At 21 years-old, the idea of marriage seems as distant to me as buying a house or having kids. But the thing is, I'm 21 — not 17 or even 18, which is the age that Sarah Palin's daughter and boyfriend are getting hitched.
In 2008, getting married after an unexpected pregnancy seems like a myth. Girls in high school don't want ...
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