The Daily Durvy

A few days ago, I picked up The Lolita Effect by M. Gigi Durham, P.hD. I have not put it down since.

(I would like to take a moment to point out that I took the quarter off of school, and am yet using my leisure time and money to buy and read Women Studies discourse.)

(Because I am a loser like that.)

Durham’s argument is that 5 myths of sexuality creating by mass media have led to a confusing over-sexualizing of young girls. Because sex sells. And even in this sexual climate, parents and teachers and most adults in general have a really hard time talking about the sexuality of children, particularly female children.

Durham is a BAMF.

I have an intense fascination with the politics of sexuality and over-simplification of sex as a subject (ie the denial of politics in sexuality). It is so painfully obvious to see marketed sexuality, but because of complex rhetoric it is hidden in plain sight. The people I see, college students, are especially vulnerable to this ideology. College is a “culture of romance” which translates directly into a “culture of hooker-chic fuck me boots and the biggest cup of rum I can find.” Because we college students can read between the lines. Romance? Wha? OH! You mean PROSTITUTE. OBVIOUSLY.