SPARK Summit – Teenage girls get a voice

A groundbreaking movement is a foot!  SPARK Summit or, Sexualization, Protest:  Action, Resistance, Knowledge, gathered in NYC over the weekend to discuss the oversexualization of teens in the media. You've heard about this a lot from me lately, and, in my view, it's great our youth finally have a voice to counterbalance the improper, sexualy-charged overexposure teenage […]

GQ Glee Cast Over Fantasizing Teens

There's been some backlash over the upcoming GQ magazine cover (no doubt a best seller when it hits stands) which features members of the cast of the television show “GLEE” in sexy poses – one of them in her underwear. The racy pictures in the men's magazine are nothing new; the disgusting part is the fact that they're using adults posing […]

Miley Cyrus' New Video: Art or Tart?

What do you think about Miley Cyrus' new video, “Who Owns My Heart,” is it art or tart? The teen sensation will (finally!) be considered an adult when she turns 18 in November of this year. In the meantime, while this video is making the rounds, her kids show, “Hannah Montana,” is still airing on Disney […]

Bad Choices at Best Universities: Karen Owens and Duke Univeristy Scandal

A Duke University 2010 graduate spent quite a bit of time putting together a 42 page Power Point presentation containing detailed information about several of the school's athletes complete with graphs, names, places…and their sizes (not talking about shoes, though). Her project's title: “An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics”. Clever title. Not so clever author.

Del Mar, California Moves to Curb Underage Drinking on Private Property

There's a bit of good news regarding underage age drinking on private property with an adult's consent. According to the Del Mar Times “The Del Mar City Council supports drafting  an ordinance that would allow police to enter private property if they suspect underage kids are drinking and to charge any adult “who knows or […]