The 21st century is supposed to be an enlightened age, but you wouldn't think so if you could hear what the average man thinks of the average woman. Women won their independence years ago. After a long bitter struggle, they now enjoy the same educational opportunities as men in most parrts of th...

Last night I went to a benefit screening of "The Watchmen," the ultimate anti-hero movie. It made me think about the cable TV trend of unlikely (and maybe even unlikeable) protagonists. I don't know if anti hero is actually the right word for people like mafia boss Tony Soprano, "Weeds'" drug dealin...

We are hard at work behind the scenes planning our third annual Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup in June and wanted to share some exciting content developments. People often ask what age range Ypulse covers, and I tell them it's 8-24 or tweens, teens and early twentysomethings. It's a big range, and a ...

Last night I caught this "tweet" from Zadi Diaz, the amazing vlogger behind Epic Fu. I remember my first album (embarrassingly, it was Menudo), but not my first download. Do you? It made me think about how the web and digital music has both opened up music discovery, and yet how we may have lost som...

It's pouring right now as I curl up on the sofa enjoying a glowing fire and a glass of Saint Emilion.  I don't like rainy days OR rainy nights, I hate grey,gloomy skies and I do have the fear of lightning and thunder! But tonight I'm listening to the rain while typing t...

I love Facebook for having connected to me to so many lost friends, allowing me to discover new links and funny videos and even forcing me to think about finishing the sentence Anastasia is…on a daily basis. Since I have visited their offices and am friendly with someone who works there, it's ...

Young men and women today are finding it more and more necessary to protest against what is known as the "Establishment": that is the people who wield power in our society. Clashes with the authorities are reported almost daily on the news. The tension that exists between old and young cou...

The other day in Ypulse Essentials, Meredith cited a study generating headlines around the finding that British teens watch an average of 87 hours of porn per year. The study is being picked up on lots of blogs and traditional media helping to fuel the fears of parents everywhere and inspire them to...

This weekend I went to the Teens In Tech conference, which was organized by 16-year-old Teens In Tech founder Daniel Brusilovsky. I brought Ypulse Youth Advisory Board member Enrique along with me (look for his post tomorrow) but still felt old, especially when one of the 25-year-old speakers said h...

I haven't been around much lately. I have a problem with my left hand. Oh , nothing too serious. Sometining called stenosing tenosynovidis. Right now, it's really hard for me to type with my right hand as I am a left-hander! I can only write with my right hand! Typing is different,thou...