Archive October 14, 2010

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Hidden Sexism & How It Shapes Our Girls

Last week my husband sent this article from Slate to me and a handful of our friends who have daughters. Entitled “Psycho-Out Sexism”…

Girl Pressure – Younger and Older

While much of Peggy Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter is more of a bunch of reminders of ideas/principles I’ve already thought about, she did open my eyes to the odd younger and older pressures that girls are facing.

Dora and American Girl Dolls – Not All We Assume

So I’m reading Peggy Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture and am starting to see particular girl toys with new eyes, both as a parent and a youth leader.

If I were a —blank—…

These days I’m enjoying (and being convicted by) flipping through Peggy Orenstein’s new book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture.

The Birth of the Princess-Mania

As a mom of 2 daughters and a youth leader, the title of Peggy Orenstein’s new book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, had me intrigued as soon as I heard it.

Cinderella Ate My Daughter

A few different folks have sent me this review on Slate of a new book by Peggy Orenstein entitled “Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture“.

Women and Girls in Family Films

So my mom passed on this Newsweek article to me entitled “The Shame of Family Films”.

Touched Up Images

My husband thought I might be interested in this example of an Ann Taylor model’s picture both before and after it’s been touched-up.

Girls Puberty Age Drops?

As the parent of an 8-year-old girl, this one was unsettling.

Perception is Everything

We’ve long worried about overweight adolescent girls and depression.

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