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Thursday, August 3, 2006 12:00 AM

Girls will be 30-year-old women

Younger and younger girls are participating in spa activities like facials, pedicures and highlights.

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  • Thursday, August 3, 2006 02:27 PM

    You Say Spa, I Say Salon

    I have to say that taking your toddler to the spa seems a little strange to me. I'm not surprised by it though, what with the constant negative body messages that everyone gets beamed into their brains 24/7 by marketers.

    For me, at least, there it is still a big jump from spa treatments and over-sexualized children, though I can see how some people might percieve it as a slippery slope. My main problem with it is that it's one more thing that girls are learning they need to be concerned with instead of, oh, I dunno, learning physics.

    Apparently a "Thong Party" is a night at a club where women wearing thongs are allowed in for free (thanks Google). Sort of like Ladies Night, but you know, without being a lady.

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