A New Arrival at CPYU! . . . .
Those of you who know us know that we love books. We also like to write books. . . it’s not always a fun process, but we do it! We’ve got a new one that arrived here at CPYU this…
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Oh, How Time Flies! . . . .
Okay. . . so if I’m a subscriber to AOL in today’s world, I’m hopelessly outdated. I understand that. (By the way, I don’t subscribe to AOL). But if I was a subscriber to Prodigy or AOL in 1991 (which…
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Skins Reminds Us. . . Teach Kids Discernment. . .
There’s been lots of talk and buzz concerning MTV’s controversial teen drama, Skins. In perfect world we wouldn’t be talking about Skins because it wouldn’t exist. In a near-perfect world we would be able to step into our kids’ lives…
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Hollywood, Marriage, Motherhood, and 39%. . . .
This morning, The Today Show ran a very interesting story on the new trend in Hollywood. . . single motherhood. . . flaunted. The story not only looked at how attitudes in Hollywood are changing, but about how what’s happening…
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The Media Is Getting This One Right. . . .
We’re a nation of voyeurs. Why do you think we’re so obsessed with reality TV and celebrity weekly magazines? The constant and growing media glut of images (both moving and still) that fill our eyes have lulled us into a…
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Skins. . . Real Kids. . . In Real Time. . . .
Are our kids connecting with MTV’s new one-hour Monday night drama, Skins? You bet. This morning I spent a little bit of time on a section of the show’s homepage that didn’t appear on the Skins homepage until last Wednesday.…
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Skins. . . .
I suppose it means I’m a bit jaded when there’s very little that comes out of today’s media that I find shocking. But I realized last week that I’m not so jaded that I didn’t recoil when I watched MTV’s…
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The 80s. . . A 10-Year Long Bad Hair Day. . . .
Something short and fun today. I had this little video clip sent to me a by a friend. Since I’ve just come off two weeks of studying youth culture with a group of Doctoral students, I’m thirsting for something light-hearted…
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Problem, Opportunity, Responsibility. . . .
Sometimes you hear something so exciting that you just can’t sit on it long without just blurting out the good stuff that you just heard. We’re in the second week of our first residency with the first-ever cohort in our…
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Leave Them Alone. . . .
The media’s latest blitz, not surprisingly, is all about last Saturday’s shootings in Arizona. The fact that a young gunman killed or wounded a total of 20 people is certainly newsworthy. Add to that the fact that a federal judge…
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My Best Reads of 2010. . . .
Derek says it’s time for me to register my annual list of Top Ten Reads from the last year. It’s a difficult task to say the least. I always set out to read nothing but what I think will be…
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2010 Sucked. . . Or Did It? . . .
I’m not a big fan of the word, but I think it might be appropriate here. Over the years it’s morphed into a slang term meaning things like “stinks,” “lousy,” “repellent,” and “disgusting.” When I was recovering from my bike…
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