Category Archives: Little Lolitas

Teenage Sex Trafficking and the Media’s “Lolita”

Posted on March 12, 2011 by dmbearde

           Author Gigi Durham begins her book, The Lolita Effect, with “the premise that children are sexual beings” (25).  This assumption becomes repulsively real as I channel surf on TV and land on “E Investigates: Teenage … Continue reading →

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Leave it to Bieber

Posted on February 28, 2011 by mfdavey

Trying to avoid Justin Bieber, pop music’s latest jailbait sensation, is impossible. He’s taken over radio, television, movie theatres and now, newsstands. On the cover of Rolling Stone’s March issue is 16-year-old Bieber, hair gelled, leather jacket sliding off his … Continue reading →

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The Lolitas of Glee

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Becca

            When GQ first published this photo shoot of scantily clad Glee cast members, Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, and Cory Monteith, the backlash was instantaneous.  People were appalled at the raunchy manner in which these actors … Continue reading →

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Beauty and Sexuality in Toddlers

Posted on February 21, 2011 by camoore

Through discussion of the book, The Lolita Effect, I was shocked to see how beauty is portrayed and quickly adopted by girls at such a young age.  We discussed how beauty and nail kits are given to girls as young … Continue reading →

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