Parents for Ethical Marketing
is a young, grassroots organization of people concerned about the effects of corporate marketing practices directed at young children.
Members receive action alerts and a monthly e-newsletter.
Decides it probably wasn't the best idea to encourage kids to strip on YouTube . . . no matter what the cause.
Think pink! And puppies! And princesses!
From the Journal of Consumer Research
New campaign addresses quality of menu items
Research looks at First Amendment implications of restricting marketing in schools.
From our friends at Shameless Magazine Blog and from commenter Brianne: turns out the beinggirl.com article on eating-disordered behavior was removed from the U.S. site. But not the Canadian site. And, with more than forty sites, who knows where else it (or something like it) still exists.
Thea at Shameless finds even more reasons to block beinggirl.com at your house.