Before you buy another pink anything....

I'm reading Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein, and I am absolutely enamored. The books isn't going to be released until Jan 25th....but it should be on your radar...

The book takes an interesting survey of the landscape of girlhood. This book is helping me understand why I feel so sad when I walk past the clothing stores that target pre-teens, and I feel even sadder when I think about how children younger and younger are being targeted in board rooms across the land as a burgeoning demographic of pre-consumers.......(consumers).

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I knew I felt skittish about the Little Mermaid...I mean...this is a lady- fish who gives up her voice to be with a dude....or if you really wanna look at it, this is a chick who lost her voice when her legs split. Kinda haunting....(not to mention all the violence directed at Divine....I mean...Ursula)

All these topic are deftly adressed by Orenstein. I must run home to finish it before I wax on....

This author (Peggy-Orenstein) is coming to the store too! I'm sure I'll be writing more when the time comes closer to hosting this exciting, important and necessary read.

In the mean time, I'm buying my niece a copy of The Paper Bag Princess, one of my favorite picture books about a little girl whose worth lies beyond her appearance. This little chicky has agency, and lacks vanity. She also rescues a fella in need. In-deed! Ex-hale!