Beyoncé Tarting Up Young Girls Too [Miley Cyrus]
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Beyoncé's Mini-Me Ad: Damaging To Girls' Mental Health? [Tweenage Wasteland]
Published 5/9/2008 by Dodai at Jezebel
dereonsmaller050908.jpg Did you see the new ad for Beyoncé's Deréon Girls Collection? Little girls, for lack of a better phrase, "tarted up" in adult-ish cropped and embellished jean jackets, purses, lip gloss and blush. Oh, yeah, and that one kid is wearing heels. They appear to be adult sized heels that she is just trying on, as kids do, but... Sigh. According to a report (issued last year) by the American Psychological Association, sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls' self-image and healthy development. ...
Beyonce's Bootylicious Kid Ads: Over the Line?
Published 5/14/2008 at Celebritology
... that took the Web (and newsstands) by storm a couple of weeks back, causing a nice bump in sales of Vanity Fair and garnering Cyrus plenty of PR, though possibly spawning a hairline fracture in her status as a tween idol. And, asks Ryan Tate over at Gawker, "However will Annie Leibovitz take edgy pictures of them when they reach the next break in the celebrity pipeline if they've already been dressing like this for ten years?" What do you think? By Liz | May 14, 2008; 10:42 AM ET | Category: ...

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