I started Reel Girl on December 27, 2009 in a post Christmas pink haze. It was my first holiday season with three daughters, my youngest child was nine months old. I was amazed by how gendered all their Christmas presents were. Truly amazed. Even the little one had a stack of all pink toys and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cinderella Ate My Daughter’
Reel Girl is 2 years old today! Progress made against ‘genderfication’ of childhood?
Posted in Margot Magowan/ ReelGirl, tagged Battle for the Sather Stone, Blanacing Jane, Blue Milk, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Frakes, Geena Davis Institute, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, Hoyden About Town, Legend of Emery, Lego, Mama Feminista, Melissa Wardy, New Moon Girls, Peggy Orenstein, Pigtail Pals, Pink Stinks, Polly Pocket, Powered by Girl, Princess Free Zone, Riley, the Twin Coach on December 27, 2011 | 8 Comments »
How do you protect your daughter’s imagination?
Posted in Most girlpower *GGG*, Parenting, tagged Cinderella Ate My Daughter, imagination, Peggy Prenstein, raising daughters on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the monochromatic girlworld of mass-marketing, how do you protect your daughter’s imagination? As Peggy Orenstein writes in her fabulous book Cinderella Ate My Daughter, this is her major concern as a parent: How do you help these girls to remember that pink is just one color in the rainbow? With the limited, repetitive roles [...]
Peggy Orenstein’s Yes List
Posted in Books, Cool and radical girls, Most girlpower *GGG*, ReelGirl recommends, tagged best books and products for girls, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Peggy Orenstein on February 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Cinderella Ate My Daughter author Peggy Orenstein put together her list of best books and products for girls. And boys! She writes, reminding us boys benefit from hearing stories about girls too. Duh! But as a mom of three daughters, sometimes I forget. Great to have this resource, and I for one, am happy PO [...]
Lucy’s blog on Cinderella Ate My Daughter
Posted in Books, Lucy's blog, Media, tagged Cinderella Ate My Daughter on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lucy is seven. Check out her critique here.
Why are kids the gender police?
Posted in Body image, Media, Princesses, Sexuality, tagged Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Disney princesses, Peggy Orenstein on January 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Lots of comments on my last post about Peggy Orenstein’s new book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, and that no matter how no matter how hard parents try, girls and boys adamantly refuse to be nudged out of their prescribed (marketed!) gender roles. Orenstein elaborates on this challenge in her book: right around ages 2 [...]
Female desire and the princess culture
Posted in Body image, Books, Cool and radical girls, Health, Media, Movies, Music, Politics, Princesses, ReelGirl recommends, Sexuality, Sports, Statistics, Superheroes, Television programs, Toys & products, tagged Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Disney, Peggy Orenstein on January 18, 2011 | 31 Comments »
Thank you Peggy Orenstein for writing the brilliant book Cinderella Ate My Daughter. Every parent should read this new, excellent analysis of the ubiquitous princess kid-culture and its various mutations in the world of grown-up women. Orenstein, a NY Times journalist, mom, and writer takes on and deconstructs two (so annoying!) messages every parent [...]
