Media Moment: It’s A Marshmallow World in My Ears

Kristelle Lavallee is the Content Strategist at the Center on Media and Child Health and the founder of this blog. *Thwack* Thwack* Off in a music-induced haze, I was suddenly brought

Media Moment: A Very Jewish Christmas

The holiday season is upon us! Goodbyes now include a cheerful, “happy holidays!” and my Starbucks cup wishes me a “Merry Coffee” every morning. I’m constantly talking to friends and

Media Moment: A Community-Wide Web

When I was a teenager, I heard a little about different genders and sexualities – not through my school’s abstinence-based sex education curriculum, but through the informal speculatory gossip of

Media Moment: Hamilton’s Education for the Nation

Gina Maurer is a master’s student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an intern at the Center on Media and Child Health at Boston Children’s Hospital. If you