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Girl Gamers And The 'Pink Plague'

Posted by meredith | 01/08/09 | 3 Comments

It's one of those two steps forward, one step back situations. On the one hand, you have video game manufacturers finally paying attention to the scads of girl gamers out there. It's a long overdue realization that can largely be chalked up…

Are Tween Bloggers The New Child Stars?

Posted by meredith | 12/11/08 | 2 Comments

Earlier this week a popular tween fashion blogger who will remain nameless and linkless for reasons that will become obvious momentarily sent out a memo to the media both old and new that she will no longer be taking their…

A Fine Line Between Teasing And Bullying

Posted by meredith | 12/08/08 | 8 Comments

Is teasing endangered? You might think so if you were one of the many who caught a look at this weekend's New York Times' magazine feature "In Defense of Teasing," (reg. required) an impassioned plea to preserve the ancient "art" of…

Extra! Extra! The TweenTribune Launches

Posted by anastasia | 12/02/08 | 3 Comments

Today in my inbox I received an email promoting a new online newspaper site for tweens called "The TweenTribune." It's basically a big link aggregator where you can comment on news stories allegedly from "a tweens perspective." The goal, according to…

Ypulse Guest Post: A Report From Kids Online: Balancing Safety And Fun

Posted by anastasia | 11/25/08 | 4 Comments

Today's Ypulse Guest Post is from Nancy Gruver, CEO, New Moon Girl Media. Nancy attended a recent "unconference" in San Jose called Kids Online: Balancing Safety and Fun. I was in Florida and couldn't make it, but I wanted to…

Marketing Tween Self Esteem In A Bag

Posted by anastasia | 11/24/08 | 3 Comments

Someone sent me this link to Breakup Girl's post (aka Lynn Harris) about a press release she received from ReBelle Bags. I, too, received this release via email the other week. What Lynn basically said in one concise line - "A…

Ypulse Tween Media Roundup

Posted by anastasia | 10/28/08 | 1 Comment

Lots happening in tween media land today including the Jonas Bros. making their leap to the big screen with a Farrelly brothers adaptation of the book series "Walter the Farting Dog." Lest the Olympics fade from our memories, the gymnastics stars…

Alyx & Meg Review HSM3

Posted by anastasia | 10/27/08 | 2 Comments

This weekend Disney's HSM3 had the biggest opening for a movie musical in history grossing $42 million domestically. The Gen Xer in me may long for grittier teen movie musicals like "Footloose," but not the Ypulse Youth Advisory Board. I…

Ypulse Interview: Nancy Gruver, Founder & CEO, New Moon

Posted by casey | 10/15/08 | No Comments

Nancy Gruver is the brains behind New Moon, the long-running independent ad-free magazine for girls. New Moon also just launched NewMoonGirls.com, a new subscription-based online community for girls. As the founder and CEO, she has worked for years to create…

Ypulse Guest Post: Report From The Sandbox Summit

Posted by anastasia | 10/01/08 | 1 Comment

I asked FOYP (friend of Ypulse) Kathy Ishizuka, who also happens to be the amazing technology editor over at the excellent School Library Journal, if she would write up a recap of the recent Sandbox Summit event in NYC. The organizers…