This had a catchy title, and I have a niece who is very into the Disney princesses, so I decided to check it out. This didn't really teach me anything I didn't already know. The pacing, the humor, and the writing made this an interesting read. I do think it lacked different perspectives (like race a...
I liked this book, don't get me wrong. It gave some interesting statistics on the girly girl culture and how to help keep girls from equating beauty with self worth. As a girl who went through a lot of this, I can appreciate that. I can see why people stated that it didn't offer many good solutions ...
"We simply gave girls what they wanted." – Andy Mooney (Former Chairman of Disney Consumer Products) This was a very insightful and interesting read, it was a very disturbing one as well. This book came about due to the fact that Orenstein gave birth to a baby girl and, as a result, a lot of thi...
I regret that I can't really give a coherent review of this book, because I read it in fits and starts over a period of about two years. But I don't remember having many real issues with it, and I do have a general sense of gaining some insight through Orenstein's quest for her own understanding. So...
Actual Rating: 2.5 StarsEver since giving birth to her daughter, Daisy, Peggy Orenstein has wondered how to raise her into a healthy, confident young woman. Orenstein worries about how the world around her is affecting her daughter, and how much influence she has on her daughter’s healthy developmen...
Living in the Oldest City in the United States, St. Augustine certainly has its challenges, first being the high number of tourists to visit the area a valid 2 million a year. In the past they were mostly middle class with St. Augustine being their destination. However, with that said, in the past ...
My spouse needs to read this because most of it will be new to him. Me, I know quite a bit about where Orenstein lives, and since the material is mostly not new to me, I am stuck wishing the material had more nuance, more sense of intersectionality, and anything beyond a locked-in sense of upper mid...
It's a scary time to be a little girl.Sure, that's an unfair statement, as is it ever safe to be a little girl? Still, we have the Paris Hiltons and Kim Kardashians (and the Snookis!) famous for being famous, plus princess stuff EVERYWHERE. I've always detested the nickname princess as it suggests a...
Whose daughter did Cinderella eat?Peggy Orenstein's to start with. But Cinderella has consumed countless little girls, and she has not yet had her fill.And that's not only speaking of the Grimm Brothers version of "Cinderella".Though readers know there are far grimmer versions (certainly gorier, wit...
A lively, witty, sometimes insightful book but ultimately somewhat disappointing. I sympathized with Orenstein's personal conflicts about "girlie-girl culture," even at second hand (I have a son, but I know my mom went through many of the same issues with my sister and I) and appreciated her persona...
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