Kelly Rowland in Vibe Magazine
Here is little Beyonce wannabe Kelly Rowland showing off her cleavage in the August 2011 issue of Vibe Magazine.
Sorry girl, no one ever remembers second place
Commercialized Sexualization and the Option to Opt Out - Huffingtonpost.com
My initial thoughts about the Canadian couple refusing to make public the sex of their baby were not kind. It seemed like just another media circus fomented by parents exploiting their children for celebrity -- like Jon and Kate, or the balloon boy. But two things made me change my mind. I listened to an actual interview with the couple on the CBC. And someone sent me pictures of a new French lingerie line for four year olds. Despite important gains made by the LBGT community, 2011 is a lousy time to be trying to raise children of any gender with a healthy, nuanced sense of what it means to be male or female. The unprecedented convergence of unfettered commercialism and ubiquitous screen media means that we are inundated with what the advertising industry calls "shockvertising," ads or products designed to get our attention by being ever so much more outrageous than their competitors. The pornification of little girlhood is just one example -- but it's particularly troubl...
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