Professor M. Gigi Durham's acclaimed study of the media sexualization of young girls will be available in a new paperback edition next week. The Lolita Effect includes a fascinating new introduction from the author in which he discusses the Miley Cyrus/Vanity Fair fiasco that occurred just as The Lolita Effect rolled off the presses and into bookstores.
M. Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect, will be appear on the Dr. Phil show today! In a show called "Growing Up Too Fast," Dr. Phil talks with parents who say it’s difficult to raise their teen daughter in an oversexed, celebrity-obsessed, cosmetic surgery-seeking society. Check your local listings for the time and channel, or go online to find about more about today's provocative show and The Lolita Effect.
Professor M. Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect, contributes a provocative essay on sex and pornography on college campuses in the current issue of The Chronicle Review.
M. Gigi Durham discusses her book The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It in a fascinating essay on Rorotoko. Widely praised as both an astute examination of the media's influence on young girls and as a parenting manual with real solutions to address the issues, The Lolita Effect has been reviewed in a variety of mainstream outlets, from People magazine to The Washington Post, and has generated tremendous reader response. Look for M. Gigi Durham in early 2009 on the Dr. Phil show!
