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| Pre-teenage Wasteland: Little Lolitas: The UK's Narcissistic Pre-Teens |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 12:45 pm |
| Tags: Living Dolls, Pre Teenage Wasteland, The End Of Girlhood |
| Most people would agree that it's cool if you feel better when you have a spray tan, or when you wax your legs and use Chanel foundation. But is it cool if you do all of these things and you are 9... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| Little Lolitas: Dames Down Under Don't Like Underage Glamour Girls |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Australia, Little Lolitas, Living Dolls, The End Of Girlhood |
| In this country, we're inundated with ads featuring very young women in sexualized poses, but in Australia, they're actually doing something about it. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| Tweenage Wasteland: Young Girls Today: Tramps In Training? |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 9:30 am |
| Tags: Fashion, The End Of Girlhood, Tweenage Wasteland |
| Over on Slate, Emily Yoffe wrote a piece about trying to find appropriate clothing for her 11-year-old daughter. She went to teen-friendly store Limited Too and found padded bras, T-shirts with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| Tweenage Wasteland: 'Tramps-In-Training' Author Speaks, Dodges Tween Bullets |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Girls, The End Of Girlhood, Tweenage Wasteland, Tweens |
| Yesterday, we told you about one mom's struggle with finding appropriate clothing for her 11-year-old daughter, since so much of the fashion in stores seems to be aimed at "tramps-in-training." The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| Bad Rap: Are Rap Videos Turning Young Girls Into Drunken, Stoner Floozies? |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 7:30 pm |
| Tags: Bad Rap, Rap Music, Studies, The End Of Girlhood |
| Researchers studied rap videos and found that they sexualized women, placed too much emphasis on their physical appearance and treated them more as decorative objects rather than "active agents." Uh,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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