So Princess obsession marked her first real foray into mainstream culture. I had never even heard of Disney Princesses (because, it turned out, the Princess concept didn’t even begin until 2001).īut within a few weeks of starting preschool Daisy suddenly knew every one of the Princess’s names and gown colors as if by osmosis. We didn’t have the products in the house. The Princesses had sort of blindsided me. Until then I was blissfully unaware of how gendered, hyper-sexualized and appearance-focused the culture of even the tiniest girls has become. Why did you decide to write a book about girls and princess culture? What are girls learning, and what can we do about it? Read on. Journalist and bestselling author Peggy Orenstein is back with Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the new Girlie Girl Culture, a whipsmart, funny new book that explores the challenge of parenting in a culture determined to sexualize and sell to girls from the youngest ages. Do you have or know a young girl obsessed with princess culture? A girl who, despite your best efforts to raise her to be strong and independent, suddenly insists on growing up to be Snow White?
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