Ypulse Essentials: Tween Queens, 'Book The Band,' Grown Up Glamour
Posted by casey on 06-17-2008
Fashion industry tween queen (cute article about Judy Swartz, the stylist who used to tailor fancy fashion for the then-tween Olsen twins, is now the designer behind this summer's "Hannah Montana" line at Wal-Mart. Plus, Disney is already working on grooming a new "Miley" in the form of 15-year-old Demi Lovato. And new research shows tween shows like "Hannah Montana" are actually having a positive effect on tween body image.) (OC Register) (Wall Street Journal, reg. required) (Canada.com)
- Girl…You'll be a woman soon (Hermione to become the new face of Chanel) (AdRants)
- Book a band for Virgin Mobile music fest (consumers can play concert promoter for the day with "Book the Band by Virgin Wireless," where 5 emerging bands are up for a chance to play at Virgin's music festival. Plus, speculation from a digital music company that there will soon be iPod-inspired gadgets that allow users to compose their music. And more on WeMix - the new site from Ludacris - users can submit tracks via cell phone. Smart.) (MediaPost) (PSFK) (Wired)
- What's next… (in social media. Cool Power Point on how media is being transformed. Mobile Youth is really good at finding these)
- The average teen… (has 800 illegal songs on his or her iPod. That's one angle for this new UK research. ArsTechnica's headline is a bit different: Survey: young people happy to pay for music–on their terms) (Times UK)
- Real estate newbies (in a lagging real estate market, agents are aggressively courting 20-somethings with help from Facebook, YouTube, and text messaging) (USA Today)
- Phone stalking (more and more phones now have GPS, which makes "Facebook stalking" seem tame in comparison. Plus, a majority of mobile users still aren't sold on phones with internet access, though interest is on the increase) (PSFK) (MediaWeek)
- Grown-up glamour for kids (more on the children's salon boom, from the perspective of a feminist) (Salon, daypass required)
- Link between cutting and risky sexual behavior (in teen girls) (CBS News)
- "I do what I want" (according to this OpEd, millennial "sense of entitlement" led to several kids getting kicked out of graduation for cheering too loudly) (Toledo Blade)
- The young and the restless (in China….very interesting looking "Frontline") (Reality Blurred)
June 19th, 2008 at 9:16 am
"I do what I want" - Excellent article. I would agree that many of the Millenial Gen. haven't been taught how to think of others first. In fact, I would say that many of Gen X-ers (my generation) have a similar problem of not knowing proper etiquette for different events. Thankfully, I think we'll see a turn around soon, as this generation starts seeing why those manners were created and taught.