Ypulse Essentials: MTV’s Inaugural Ball, Kids’ Christmas Concerns, Ten Years Of Teenpop
Posted by meredith on 11-26-2008
Another interesting art project (this time a photographer captures the gender of colors as reflected in kids’ bedrooms) (Read Roger)
- Cruel and unusual punishment? (Not sure about cruel, but definitely unusual. A judge sentences teenage noise offenders to listen to Barry Manilow?! Plus in the UK, government officials propose an alcohol ban for any driver under 21) (CNN.com) (Telegraph)
- Label me this (Next Great Thing offers some thoughts on trends in youth culture, labels and “The Long Tail”) (Next Great Thing)
- College students get practical about their education (poised to enter a job market as intimidating as it stands now, who can blame them?) (Iconoculture)
- Will kids feel the crunch this Christmas? (a recent survey shows 84% of 9 to 17 year olds expect less under the tree this year. Also even though more holiday shopping may be taking place online younger shoppers want more out of their online shopping experience) (Gizmodo) (BizReport)
- The punk approach to fundraising (The Keep A Breast Foundation has teamed up with others to launch Shot In the Pit, a touring exhibition featuring band photos from Vans Warped Tour. Check out the online auction today)
- Meet Aaron Schock (the millennial congressman. Also MTV will host an inaugural ball for Obama in Washington. Plus hopes for the economy –and Obama– are being hung on the shoulders of young people (Medill Reports) (Seattle Times) (MarketWatch)
- ‘Generation Rx’ (a new film considers how prescribing psychiatric drugs to children became the norm in Western culture. Also Newsweek reports on the rise in pro-anorexia groups on mainstream sites like Facebook)
- Ten years ago (the world heard “Baby, Hit Me One More Time” for the first time. Idolator takes a look how we got here from there)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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