A review by roseleaf24
Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein

4.0

Orenstein examines the girly-girl world of pink princesses that she found taking over her daughter's life, no matter what she did to try to avoid it. This detailed look at the marketing and products aimed at preschool girls and how it relates to the oversexualization in our older girls and teenagers is thought-provoking, and somewhat frightening. A good read, and usuaaly well-balaned, though Orenstein's own views did sometimes cloud the real issue. (A fourteen-year-old send a topless picture of herself to a boy she barely knows, and you stop to consider whether it's a good sign that she's comfortable enough with her own body and her sexuality? No. Just no.) The places where this interfered with my agreement and the value of this book were few, however.