"In Princessland, the only career ladder leads from baby-faced adolescence to a position as an evil enchantress, stepmother or witch."
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed, discusses how the Disney line of princesses portrays a narrow view of femininity that has no place in nursery.
Read it here.
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I knew those dirty little princesses were up to no good!
At the supermarket I was confronted by a large display of disney-princess branded stuff; PEZ DISPENSERS(!) and chocolate bars. For a mere $14.99 (on special) you could own a pantheon of 8 disney-princess-headed pez dispensers. And for $3.99 you could have a large hersey's bar in a pale pink wrapper with Belle, Cinderella and Ariel (with legs instead of flippers) dancing together in matching dresses. What a deal!
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