Padded bras for first graders, bikini waxes for
eight-year-olds, pole dancing kits
sold alongside Etch-a-sketches in the toy
store—excuse me, but how did this
happen? How is it affecting girls' self-image? And, um, what happened
to feminism? These are a few of the questions tackled in a recent Salon
interview with M. Gigi Durham, author of “The Lolita Effect: The Media
Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About it.”
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