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Cinderella Ate My Daughter
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture | Peggy Orenstein
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The rise of the girlie-girl, warns Peggy Orenstein, is no innocent phenomenon. Following her acclaimed books Flux, Schoolgirls, and the provocative New York Times bestseller Waiting for Daisy, Orensteins Cinderella Ate My Daughter offers a radical, timely wake-up call for parents, revealing the dark side of a pretty and pink culture confronting girls at every turn as they grow into adults.
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Shievad
Mehso-so

There were a lot of statistics in this book, most of them were no surprise if you‘re even remotely familiar with the topic. But I would have liked more research (maybe it just hasn‘t been done) on ways to counteract the negative impacts of this Disney Princess pink explosion culture the book focuses on. I thought the author had a limited view of feminism or maybe it‘s changed that much since publication. I liked the personal sections the best.

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OrangeMooseReads
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1. The tagged book. I literally threw it across the room while reading it.

2. Spare, or anything else by or about current royals.

#ihavequestions
@RaeLovesToRead

RaeLovesToRead Haven't heard of the Cinderella one, but it sounds awful! 2y
TieDyeDude I don't understand the fascination with the royals. The queen's death was barely a blip on my radar, and I couldn't care less about the rest. 2y
Sharpeipup I Second Spare. Nil desire to read even reviews of it … even less so to spend any time on the book itself. 2y
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OrangeMooseReads @TieDyeDude I‘ll read stuff about Queen Elizabeth cause she was kind of a badass lol and I‘ll read about those from history but the young royals no thanks it‘s just drama. 2y
OrangeMooseReads @Sharpeipup I have only seen the humor reviews about it. 2y
OrangeMooseReads @RaeLovesToRead yeah it‘s awful 2y
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Megabooks
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Mehso-so

I was hoping to find out why millennials like Disney so much; instead, I read a book by a Gen X mother that doesn‘t understand why her Gen Z daughter likes pink and is so good at the Internet.

Unlike Peggy‘s other books, there aren‘t a lot of solutions here, perhaps because she is talking about her own daughter!!

Anyway, I just found it to be an exercise in enumerating the ways Gens X and Z differ. 2.5⭐️

#nutsinmay 🎧 1/2 @Andrew65

OrangeMooseReads This is the only book I have literally thrown across the room. 4y
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 4y
Megabooks @OrangeMooseReads lol! I can understand why! 4y
Megabooks @Andrew65 thank you!! 💖 4y
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sidherinn
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Soubhiville
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#BookMail today! My #24in48 super soft and comfy T-shirt and Cinderella Ate My Daughter, thank you so much @OrangeMooseReads ! Pictured here with one of my current reads, Don‘t Call Me Princess, by the same author 😁📚

OrangeMooseReads Yay! I hope you like it more than I did 😁 6y
Soubhiville @OrangeMooseReads I‘ve enjoyed the other things I‘ve read by the author, so I‘m looking forward to it! 6y
tracey38 Absolutely love the tshirt! 6y
Linsy I loved Cinderella Ate My Daughter! 👑 6y
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OrangeMooseReads
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1. I‘m not sure I‘ve been to the movie theater this year. I watched Coco on Netflix and really liked that.
2. Talk.
3. 26 (not so much lucky as it is my favorite)
4. I literally threw this book across the room less than 100 pages in.
5. Done 👍🏼
@jesshowbooks #friyayintro

Tanisha_A Coco! ❤ 6y
La_Cori I loved Coco!!! 💖😢 6y
tammysue Coco is such a cute movie, I watched it with granddaughter. 💕 6y
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OrangeMooseReads
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1. The tagged book. I literally threw it across the room when I was about 1/4 of the way through.
2. Pita crisps and roasted garlic hummus, gummi cola bottles, Oreos, crackers ...
3. Natural Woman - Carol King (interesting even if you aren‘t a fan)
4 I here by tag all Littens who wish to participate and haven‘t 😁👋🏼
#tuesdaytidbits @JenlovesJT47

tournevis If book throwing were an Olympic sport, most competitors would be #Littens 6y
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Deborah42
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Pickpick

Interesting look at pink princess culture and how aggressively it‘s marketed to girls.

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Jennick2004
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I know this is on my TBR 😊
#bookdeals

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thereadingwomen
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Pickpick

🎙While it's great to see girls represented more on the movie screen and in the toy aisles, do you ever wonder how a princess-saturated culture impacts girls? In CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTER, Peggy Orenstein basically makes a pros and cons list to determine if too much princess actually undermines girl's empowerment. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
Listen to Ep. 18 of the podcast for more. ⠀
#cinderellaatemydaughter #thereadingwomen

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I liked this one a lot. Need to read more of her stuff! 8y
Char I have seen a few different shirt sayings lately that focus on "forget princess I would rather be an astrophycist". Ideas like this and promoting the STEM activies will help with the push back on princess overload. 8y
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thereadingwomen @Ebooksandcooks YES! I read it last year. Very good. 8y
thereadingwomen @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled This is the only other one I have read. It's exceptional. 8y
thereadingwomen @Char that's awesome!! 8y
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OrangeMooseReads
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Bailedbailed

I can't. Nope. She is clearly not in any way, shape, or form a knowledgeable scholarly person. Her writing and "insights" come of as ignorant. And I don't know what crap censored version of Grimm Fairy Tales she was reading but they sure as hell did leave the sex bits in the tales. And damnit Cinderella wanted a dress and to go to the ball she didn't ask to attract the prince! It is a "girl power" story.

OrangeMooseReads And yes I did throw it. 8y
Dan_SpiderCrafts I wondered if hearing this book out may have had fair positives, while I'm sensing the views are over-worried. Positives I look for in these, are a reasonable, wise and strong way about it, while never being 'at fault' for negatives of an outside force. Hopefully some self-rescuing Star Wars to princess empowerment for the better. 🛡 8y
DogMomIrene Oh no. How disappointing! Thanks for the heads up, though. 8y
AWahle I'm happy to see I wasn't the only one. I wrote a long review on Goodreads 3 years ago. I couldn't take "research" from a woman who said Hera was Wonder Woman's mother... 8y
OrangeMooseReads @AWahle I didn't get that far. I couldn't tell where she did any research at all. I know she is a journalist and not a academic writer but still some of the things she wrote were way off and face palm worthy. 8y
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OrangeMooseReads
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Ok I'm going back in. If you hear that loud thud it was me throwing this book against the wall.

AWahle Ha! So I'm not the only one... 😉 8y
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autumnprivett
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Pickpick

Princess culture is complicated, so I am happy to find a well-researched book that dissects it, identifies problems, and proposes solutions. Some notes:
-Princesses perpetuate patriarchal constructs they supposedly combat, don't encourage female friendship
-Division of genders widens gap between them
-Girls are encouraged to define themselves by appearance
-Death of mothers in movies = normalizes a lack of female role models in girl‘s lives

Lise Sounds great! Can also recommend Susan Ostrov Weisser's (edited) 8y
autumnprivett @Lise Excellent. Thanks! 8y
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OrangeMooseReads
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#riotgram #whereiread
I also read in my car when I'm waiting to pick up Man Cub, but I wasn't going back outside to take a picture of the inside of my car, it's cold out there.

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OrangeMooseReads
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I think I'm going to have to make a change to my #litsyatoz 'The Crimson Petal and the White' is just pissing me off. Perhaps I will come back to it at a less militant/staunch feminist time when I can better allow my mind to accept that it was a different time. Until that time I'm replacing my letter C with this book.

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EnidBiteEm
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Pickpick

My fav August read(s)? Well, Litsy obvs., but I signed up a fortnight ago, so before that there was this must-read. The reach and speed with which Disney princess culture has gained traction is alarming and damaging. The insidiousness of what I've decided to term 'pedestal culture' is creating a revolution no one signed up for - girls are constantly fed the msg to sparkle, shine and be admired rather than engage and interact. Review continued ...

EnidBiteEm Orenstein makes the point that the Disney franchise is bigger than McDonalds (and The Gruen Transfer points out that the golden M is now more recognisable than the Christian cross.) A huge spike in eating disorders and body image and mental health issues have followed, and no wonder ... this book is a must read for anyone charged with the care of a young person. Now, to check out Orenstein's other books ... 😀 8y
BookishFeminist I really enjoyed her newest book earlier this year- it was a tad alarmist at points but the research was really thorough & empathetically done. I've been recommending it to so many people so I may as well include you, too. 🙃 8y
EnidBiteEm @BookishFeminist thanks. I read a review of that yesterday,by a 17 y o, who thanked Orenstein for writing it and understanding the pressures. I will definitely read it. And yes, alarmism needs to be balanced - I also took notes from CAMD on what msgs/practices are helpful when raising/educating teenagers - there was a lot less of this, but there was still some there 😀 8y
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kdwinchester
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Pickpick

Yes, oh my goodness, yes. While this book is a must read for everyone, it's especially so for people with daughters or granddaughters. Learn how much marketing changes the way we view femininity and girls expressing it. I want to hand this out at every baby shower I attend. 👏🏽👸🏽 | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Yossarian I don't know. Cinderella definitely ate my 2-year-old, but had vomited her back up by four or five. Now, she running for President of her high school Feminism Club. 8y
Yossarian And I mean literally. I'd come home from work and her sneaker would be by the front door. I'd have to pick it up, finding her hopping around in one sneaker, and prove the other sneaker for before we could move on with our evening. 8y
mllemay I found this super interesting (and frustrating). I really want to read her new one now. 8y
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mllemay
Pickpick

Even though none of the observations in this book surprised me, it still stirred up some anger at how our society defines and constrains women (and the reality that going against the mold is often a painful experience). Read it to understand what is, and get a glimpse of what could be.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I enjoyed this book a lot too. Pink LEGOs infuriate me. 8y
mllemay @ErickaS Flyleafunfurled.com ugh 🙄 it's all just too much! 8y
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