Globe and Mail Review by Elizabeth Nickson
Elizabeth Nickson of the Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, writes:
"Shalit
marshals her evidence with the diligence of a trial lawyer. From
hooker-rig-wearing Bratz dolls for four-year-olds, to Abercrombie and
Fitch selling thongs to 10-year-olds with "eye candy" and "kiss me"
printed on the front, to 12-year-olds listening to Ludacris singing
about "ruff sex" ("make it hurt/ in the garden/ in the dirt"), to
13-year-olds telling porn star Jenna Jameson that she is their hero,
Shalit makes it clear that for girls, the young world is not a safe
harbour, but a Darwinian thrash hunt wherein their degradation is the
prize.
...
Shalit
does not preach; she merely reports on the pockets of girls who
are taking back their innocence and insisting it is not naiveté."
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Notable and Quotable
"The steamy days of Washington summer may be upon us, but these girls, all from Burke, were definitely not getting skimpy. For a generation bombarded with news of pantyless celebrities, most of the girls we interviewed were surprisingly modest, more Hilary Duff than Lindsay Lohan."
-- Ylan Q. Mui, 'It's Not Just Parents Saying No to Skimpy Clothes,' Washington Post, June 4, '07