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• Why Tweens are Too Young for a Brazilian Wax

  Jeez, I can think of a million reasons, the first of which: is there anything to wax? The other 999,999 reasons … come on. I know we’re sexualizing girls at younger and younger ages, but 10? Waxing her pubes? Apparently, you're never too young for this Australian website, read by girls aged 9 to 14. In an article about Brazilian waxing, they try hard to make the case: Read More... Posted Jan 16 2008, 04:34 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: children, marketing to children, tweens, marketing, puberty, body, childhood pain, Madeline Holler, marketing to kids, body image, childrearing, eccentricities, dress up, tween, body enhancement, Twendy-One, brazilian wax

• Mmm, Your Robot Hands Are So Soft!

  When I saw this new robot from Japan (where all robots are born, apparently, or at least can trace their genetic heritage to) I immediately saw the possibilities: a robot with "soft" hands that can follow simple commands and prepare breakfast? I'm all over that one. (Dads, you may just have been rendered obsolete. Again. Sorry.) True. The robot, called (hideously) Twendy-One, is five feet tall and weighs 245 pounds. (Better get on that BMI issue) So what he lacks in physique he makes up for in other ways. Clearly. (Mmm, can't get over those soft robot hands...) Read More... Posted Nov 28 2007, 01:56 PM by Karen Murphy with | with no comments Filed under: Japan, robots, soft robot hands, Twendy-One