As we move into our course unit about the corporatization of childhood, I wanted to call your attention to Peggy Orenstein's blog. She's the author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, a portion of which we will be reading. I highly recommend the entire book, however (as well as talking to Kate Sullivan, who has lots of interesting insights on it).
And, if you want more, there is an interesting interview from last February with Orenstein and Terry Gross (who, by the way, is also featured on the Colbert Report from 1/25/2012, the same day as the second part of the section with Maurice Sendak, which Emmanuel called our attention to).
Enjoy the weekend,
Dr. Gillespie
See also the about-face blog post written by Margot Magowan: http://www.about-face.org/female-desire-and-the-princess-culture/
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