Paris searching for her new BFF (on MTV.com....oof. In better news ThinkMTV teams with HighSchoolJournalism.org to help schools without a paper launch their own. And for all you "Real World" junkies, gobs of video can be found here) (Paris via Fimoculous) (Real World via Reality Blurred)

- Avril is the queen (of YouTube...where apparently music videos are very popular. Speaking of queens, Madonna is making a video for the Queen of All Media's site -- PerezHilton.com. Trying to stay connected with a younger fanbase, perhaps? And "Juno" is available on iTunes [the movie] - very smart) (Alley Insider) (PerezHilton) (PaidContent)

- Declare Yourself voting tees (exclusively at American Eagle)

- Inside GOOD mag (winning awards while giving away lots of cash to non-profits. Sounds pretty GOOD to me) (Media Life Magazine)

- Shocking HIV PSA (The Shot. I don't know how I feel about this. Very disturbing. Thanks Andrea!)

- Should video games get serious? (There are serious games, but critics say not enough of them. And for my readers who are educators, bookmark MIT's New Media Literacies blog for ideas on how to teach digital literacy/ethics in the classroom) (NPR)

- 'Freshman 15' a myth? (yes, according to this study. I'm still working on the "Married 20") (iVillage)

- My Beautiful Mommy (WTF? Plus like mother like daughter? Gag) (Boing Boing) (Jezebel)

- Go mobile (to reach young men. New study says texting makes teens' hearts grow fonder...of their parents. U.C. Berkeley student Twitters from an Egyptian jail. And ringtones down, ringbacks up.) (mMetrics) (TCM Net) (Textually) (Washington Post, reg. required)

- Individual yet respectful of authority (the new generation of Chinese youth) (Destination CRM)

P.S. Thanks to the Ypulse newsletter reader who corrected my "Motley Crew" typo yesterday. Evidently my hair band spelling has lapsed.

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