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Ypulse Essentials: The 'Harry Potter' Effect, Gay PSAs, Crafty Girls

Posted by anastasia on 07-12-2007

I am not a nuggetI am not a nugget! (PETA's teen site peta2, launched a new campaign to save the chickens)

- Jane's love/hate relationship with readers (spot on analysis of Jane's ethos and demise from Kara Jesella and Marisa Meltzer. I was definitely an occasional airport reader and experienced pangs of both feelings for this almost alternative women's mag) (New York Times, reg. required)

- The 'Harry Potter' effect… (may be huge in terms of dollars but not huge enough to stave off the long term decline in reading) (press release) (New York Times, reg. required)

- 'That's so gay!' ("By year end, Ad Council will launch its first ever public service announcement with a gay message by teaming with GLSEN, the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, to combat anti-gay language and harassment in schools.") (365gay.com)

- Adorn (cool crafty girl mag I never heard of till today)

- Jamaica, mother of the mashup? (so says DJ Spooky in this Wired interview)

- The new 'free' college textbook (is digital…and full of ads)

P.S. I recorded an interview about "Totally Wired" for Here & Now, which I'm told will air on Friday.

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3 Responses to “Ypulse Essentials: The 'Harry Potter' Effect, Gay PSAs, Crafty Girls”

  1. Eric Jaffa Says:
    July 12th, 2007 at 9:59 am

    Phrases like "That's so gay" come and go. We don't need PSAs against expressions.

    If they get teenagers to say, "That's so lame" instead, then the Ad Council will be promoting an insult against the handicapped.

    If they get teenagers to say, "That's so corny" instead, then the Ad Council will be promoting an insult against Midwesterners.

    They should just let it pass.

  2. Eric Jaffa Says:
    July 12th, 2007 at 10:02 am

    Note: I don't mean that I take offense at the phrases "lame" and "corny," but that the same logic behind the anti "That's so gay" PSAs would lead one to take offense.

  3. David Says:
    July 17th, 2007 at 6:40 am

    I don't think that is true at all. The PSA is not designed to find a substitute for "gay" in "That's so gay". It is being made, because using that phrase, and others like it, are proven to promote acceptance of anti-gay language. Especially in schools. Some people may not think it matters, but it does.

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