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Creative Girls Make Media

February 8, 2011 By


Girls make their own media!

If the newsstand lineup of magazines for girls looks bleak to you or your daughter, walk on by—and head home to get her producing her own girls’ media. This could be as simple as a younger girl’s hand-printed text and illustrations for a magazine that she photocopies and delivers to friends and family. And many younger and older girls already have the minimal skills needed to create an online ‘zine that can be widely distributed by email. Either way, making her own media is a great way for a girl to have her unique voice heard and appreciated.

Girls’ media production has exploded in recent years, says Mary Celeste Kearney, Assistant professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Texas and author of Girls Make Media (Routledge, 2006). Girls from elementary ages on up are making ‘zines, movies, music, and websites and becoming less dependent on mainstream media that can demean them.

They’re inspired and mentored by women who began making media as teens and now do workshops on ‘zine production, girls’ rock ‘n’roll camps, movie-making classes, and more. The wider availability and lower cost of equipment has made media-making accessible to more girls. Not least of all, girls who make media now will be one step ahead for adult job opportunities in the booming media industry, Kearney notes. And they’ll be certain to steer media away from its girl-unfriendly ways as they become women in media.

Inspiring girls by exposing them to women writers, musicians, directors, and other amazing and creative women is a great start to supporting her creative dreams.

We’ll be doing that on NewMoon.com February 28th when we chat with Amy Nathan, author of the true story, Take a Seat—Make a Stand. About Sarah Keys Evans, a Black teen who refused to give up her seat on a bus three years before Rosa Parks became famous for doing the same.

You can also catch Amy Nathan and Sarah Keys Evans on Brian Lehres’s interview on New York Public Radio at 11:40 am eastern time (8:40 pacific, 9:40 mountain, 10:40 central) on Wednesday, February 9. If you  miss the interview, you can listen to it here: Book Club Author on the Radio!

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Anticipation vs Being in the Moment

December 24, 2010 By

This is too perfect! I got up a little early today, before anyone else, to write a post about how I love the anticipation of holidays and events, like Christmas Eve, more than the actual events.

In the past few minutes I wrote a lovely post directly in WordPress about my desire to be in the moment and experience what’s happening Now this holiday weekend. It was a good post, if I say so myself.

Then I clicked on “Save Draft” and it all disappeared. Talk about lessons from the Universe!

Now I’m in the moment and am not going to try to reconstruct the other post. I’m going to be here now and go hug our daughters and son-in-law who are just  waking up, having arrived last night from San Francisco.  I’m savoring them being here with me and Joe.

We’ll cook and play in the snow and just hang out with each other. I’ll practice being in the moment with them and myself.

I wish the same for you and yours, wherever you may be.  Bye, now!

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Add Magic to Your Dinner Table Talk

November 24, 2010 By

Lulls in conversation are natural. But sometimes it seems a shame to waste precious time instead of getting reacquainted with relatives or friends while we’re together. We hope these ideas will add a little getting-to-know you magic to your holiday meal. Your kids will love listening to the stories and sharing their stories, too!

Dinner Table Topics:

• If you could GIVE a million dollars . . .  how would you share it? It’s just fun to see what people would do.

• Tell me about your first car.

• How did you two meet?

• Which traditions have you enjoyed over the years? Which ones would YOU change?

• What’s the most surprising thing about . . . [fill in blank] ex. college, second grade, home-schooling, returning to work, having a baby . . .

• Tell me about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Thanksgivng [fill in blank] when you were a kid.

• Share a story telling how one person has made a difference in your life this year.

• How have you made a difference in other people’s lives this year?

• What are some creative ways you have said thank you this past year?

*”I’m grateful for . . . ” each person writes on a piece of paper what they are grateful for. Before dinner, everyone draws one of the papers from a basket or hat and reads it. It’s fun to guess who wrote it.

Give the Gift of History Story telling is a long-time tradition we shouldn’t loose!

• Have a Roast! You can roast more than food! What a fun way to celebrate a special person.

Have fun!

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Enjoy time with your daughter this holiday weekend

September 4, 2009 By

A holiday weekend is a great opportunity to spend time connecting with your girl. This week at Daughters.com, we’re sharing tips for creating quality time together every day, not just the holidays. Check out our great feature articles.

sept_oct_cover1We’re also having some fun here at New Moon Girl Media! It feels like the September/October issue of New Moon Girls magazine just went out the door. But we’re already deep into the planning stages of the November/December issue. We thought it would be great to get your input on our next cover! So we’re conducting a poll.

The theme for the November/December issue is “Believe It or Not!” We’ve chosen three images that could be used on the next cover. Tell us which one you like the most!

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Click Here to Vote!

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