You know, if it was just a movie, just a dress, whatever - goodness knows I availed myself of my mom's cast-off tiara now and again. How the Princesses are currently marketed plays into that flume ride. And the ways that they learn to see their femininity, sexuality, and identity from the outside in rather from the inside out. But what I am exploring is the unprecedented marketing to girls at ever-earlier ages that encourages them to define themselves through appearance and play sexiness. Anyone who is saying that sort of thing clearly hasn't read the book. And it would be ridiculous to say that a+b=c, that if you wave a magic wand you will suddenly need a prince to save you. Princess phase so much more harmful than the many other phases that children pass through? PEGGY: I'm a mom, so I first came to this from that perspective - feeling surprised and curious about why my pre-school daughter suddenly knew all the gown colors and names of all the Disney Princesses when I had never even heard of the concept. She moved on to Disney fairies, another phase, and now prefers outdoor sports. For my daughter Allie, though, the Disney princess 'trap' was a phase through which she passed without noticeable damage. In your book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, you argue that Disney harms impressionable young girls through its marketing of an unattainable 'princess ideal'.
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