Last week, I went to a reading by Peggy Orenstein from her book Cinderella Ate My Daughter, now out in paperback. I’m such a huge Orenstein fan and I’ve written so much about her on this blog, that I wondered if after I saw her read, I would have anything left to blog about. Guess [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Peggy Orenstein’
Peggy Orenstein on the difference between sexuality and sexualization
Posted in Sexuality, tagged Peggy Orenstein, Sexuality, sexualization of girls on February 29, 2012 | 7 Comments »
OpEd on gendered toys in Sunday’s New York Times
Posted in Toys & products, tagged New York Times, Peggy Orenstein on December 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The New York Times is reporting on it! It must be a serious issue, right? From Cinderella Ate My Daughter’s awesome author Peggy Orenstein: Every experience, every interaction, every activity — when they laugh, cry, learn, play — strengthens some neural circuits at the expense of others, and the younger the child the greater the [...]
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 »
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 [...]
‘Not a single onesie in all of humankind had a little girl and an airplane on it’
Posted in Body image, Cool and radical girls, Education, Health, Most girlpower *GGG*, Parenting, ReelGirl recommends, Sexuality, tagged Achilles Effect, Animal Planet, Butterfly Effect, Collective Shout, Crystal Smith, Diego, Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, Jackson Katz, Mamafesto, Melissa Wardy, Operation Transformation, Peggy Orenstein, Pigtail Pals, Pink Stinks, Princess Free Zone, SciGirls, Scooby-Doo, Shaping Youth, SPARK summit, Wild Kratts, Word World on October 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
After JCPenney’s “I’m too pretty to do my homework so my brother had to do it for me,” shirt for girls incited a protest that went viral, Pigtail Pals, a site that creates clothing empowering to girls, put out a best-selling shirt that reads “Pretty’s got nothing to do with it.” Now Reel Girl talks [...]
Peggy Orenstein counts girls
Posted in Media, Statistics, tagged Dory. Jesse in Toy Story, gender gap in kids movies, Peggy Orenstein, Pixar on June 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Peggy Orenstein blogged about the typical response she gets when she points out kids’ movies are mostly all about boys. People argue there’s gender equality, pointing out token ‘strong girls:’ what about Jesse in Toy Story? Dory in Finding Nemo? That girl chef in Ratatouille? Here’s the problem: The girl is not the star of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
