Cinderella ate my daughter : dispatches from the front lines of the new girlie-girl culture / Peggy Orenstein.

Author/creator Orenstein, Peggy
Format Book
Edition1st Harper pbk.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Harper, 2012.
Descriptionviii, 260 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects

Contents Why I hoped for a boy -- What's wrong with Cinderella? -- Pinked! -- What makes girls, girls? -- Sparkle, sweetie! -- Guns and (briar) roses -- Wholesome to whoresome: the other Disney princesses -- It's all about the cape -- Just between you, me, and my 622 BFFs -- Girl power-no, really. Appendices: A conversation with Peggy Orenstein -- Beyond princesses (sort of): What girls see on the screen -- The new girlie girlhood by the number.
Abstract Reveals the dark side of pink and pretty in this wake up call to parents that offers ways to prevent raising daughters who only care about image.
General note"With a new material, including an interview with Diane Rehm"--Cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-246) and index.
LCCN 2012428165
ISBN9780061711534 (pbk)
ISBN0061711535 (pbk)