Ypulse Essentials: ‘Twilight’ Dolls, Potter Fever, Elle Magazine On Stardoll
Posted by meredith on 12-10-2008
Bittersweet news for Twihards (Bella and Edward dolls are on their way, but won’t be out until spring 2009. Also Entertainment Weekly asks whether a male director could fill Catherine Hardwicke’s shoes for the sequel?) (Trendhunter)
- Britney’s comeback is official (with her fifth album “Circus” debuting at #1 on the charts and selling more than 500,000 copies. Plus Tokio Hotel accused of pulling an Ashlee Simpson) (MTV News) (Idolator)
- Global youth marketing and coffee (an interesting discussion from MobileYouth’s Graham Brown)
- Grey’s Parody (on WB.com. A pretty funny send up of the primetime soap, even if you’re unfamiliar with the series) (ReelPop)
- No cure for Potter fever (a decade later and the boy wizard still has that special something. Also from the other end of the spectrum musings on why boys don’t read) (SignOnSanDiego.com) (SLJ)
- Flirting with phones (further discussion on how teens use mobile technology to explore their sexuality) (USA Today)
- Shaming kids into healthy habits? (an ad campaign against obesity in Switzerland that just makes you want to shake your head. Meanwhile Axe helps college kids get home for the holidays on the East Coast. Also a site that gathers useful info for marketers on student discounts) (Gawker) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- More on cyberbullying (a high school student sues after she’s penalized for creating a derisive Facebook group targeting a teacher) (Wired)
- Stardoll and Elle team up (the fashion mag gets into the paper doll avatar game. Plus Habbo announces a dual economy in its virtual world for teens) (WSJ)
- Gen Y’s growing anxiety (about the job market today. Plus a Y-er speaks out about her trouble breaking into the tech industry after college) (Zandland Blog) (Silicon Alley Insider)
PS Check out the latest vlog on Ypulse’s new YouTube channel care of YAB Member Libby Issendorf who responds to this video featuring the young stars of a project that aims to bring the Bible and pop culture together. Also, look for more responses from other YAB members later this week!
Categorized under: Ypulse Essentials
December 10th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
It isn’t cyber-bullying to create a webpage which says a woman is a bad teacher.
By that standard, creating a webpage saying Bush is a bad president is cyber-bullying.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:56 am
[...] 14+ points of articulation! Sadly, you can’t get them until 2009. (Found via Ypulse.) [...]
March 6th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
I adore Twilight! I can’t wait for Twilight Eclipse! I’m so infatuated with taylor, lol.
I still believe that the first movie was better, but New Moon definitely wins in eye candy lol