Mini-post? Why a mini-post? Because I should NOT be doing this at work when I am supposed to be finishing my chapter draft. If dh busts me, I’ll never hear the end of it…
BUT! I have to share this gem from the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC) website:
Congressmen Tackle Product Placement
By Ira Teinowitz
TV Week
9/27/07
Warning that increasing use of product placement and product integration are “blurring” the line between TV ads and TV content, two congressional committee chairmen are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to
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This weekend, Alison asked some advice (on the Caveats Page, above), she wrote:
“Need advice: I’m not completely opposed to my kids doning online social networking and gameplaying, but the most popular sites are all about shopping (Webkinz, Club Penguin). I’d love to know if there are any cool, fun sites that aren’t so blatantly trying to turn my kids into little shoppers
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I recently read a funny post by subarctic mama about her husband convincing her daughter to get regular (unlicensed) sneakers instead of Cinderella sneakers and I had to laugh! I fear my own inability to manage such a situation so much that I have gone to rather great lengths to avoid it.
As I mentioned before, I avoid taking Thing 1 shopping to keep her sheltered somewhat from consumer culture and to circumvent what they aptly call in the business, “the nag factor,” but Read the complete Post.
When I was a budding feminist, characters like Cinderella and the Little Mermaid, (the 9 Disney damsels - “G9″ he he - didn’t become “The Princesses” until a marketing overhaul in 2001), and Barbie made my blood boil. Their big boobs, mini waists, and glamourization of victimhood infuriated me — role models of the most irksome kind. Today, as a parent, they still get to me. Add to this world of warped femininity the marketing juggernaut that is Bratz, and kaboom, and there is a lot to make my skin crawl.
But (did she just write “BUT”?), I have to confess that my sensitivities have changed. When I see princess paraphernalia, I cringe, but if I’m completely honest, Read the complete Post.
Old Navy had this to say about the post on July 31 (see posting below). Since they value customer feedback so much, I thought I would post the customer service email, in case anyone else would like to be “an important part of the process.” If you would like to complain share your thoughts as I did, feel free to email them at custserv@oldnavy.com
Thank you for your e-mail regarding our current collection of Old Navy
styles for our Boys and Girls departments. We always want to know how
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As a general rule, I make a point of not taking Thing 1 with me to the mall or the drug store or such unless I absolutely have to - she’s 4 and very in tuned with the goodies that oogle from the shelves. But, I didn’t realize how long it had been since she went to the grocery store with me (dh and I have gotten in the habit of doing the grocery shopping in a divide and conquer fashion — solo while the other stays with the sleeping kiddos.) At any rate, I took her on a big grocery run recently and it was awful! I felt like it was me against the universe — Read the complete Post.