Awesome Five-Year-Old Is Bored With Your Ridiculous Princesses, Wants To Be A Real Hero
When little Emma Moore turned five, she didn’t dress up as Jasmine or Mulan or even Merida. With the help of her…
My Little Pony TV Series Empowers Girls And I Question Everything I Knew About Feminism
I’ll admit it: When I first clicked this headline about how the My Little Pony TV series markets to girls,…
I Regret The Day I Let My Daughter Watch ”˜The Little Mermaid’
A few months ago, I made a mistake. I let my child watch The Little Mermaid. While we generally…
Not Creepy At All: Now You Can Put Your Daughter’s Face On A Disney Princess
You know how little girls really really, really, really want to be Belle. They just don’t want to have…
EW’s ‘Lesbian Princess’ Theory Proves Why We Need More Movies Like Brave
Brave was this weekend’s top box office earner. The first female-centered Pixar film has feminists everywhere rejoicing about the…
Give A Girl A Princess Handbook And….
Princess culture is pretty new to American girlhood. While the fascination with princesses is pretty timeless, it wasn’t until…
I Can’t Wait For ‘Brave’, But My Daughter Couldn’t Care Less
Who is excited about Pixar’s newest movie Brave? Let’s all raise our hands. This will be the first time…
Disney, Target, And Julie Andrews Team Up To Sell Your Daughter Stuff With National Princess Week
Don’t let those demure big eyes of Disney Princesses fool you. Princess culture is a business through and through,…
Over Half Of Mommyish Readers Would Buy The New President Barbie
The new “I Can Be…President” Barbie is apparently well-liked among Mommyish readers. The controversial doll, which was met with…
LA Photographer Seriously Commits To Three-Dimensional Disney Princesses
Having been raised in Los Angeles with Disneyland just a few freeway off ramps away, my childhood birthdays were…
Our Grandmotherly Disney Princesses Don’t Need Any Cosmetic Work
Our classic Disney princesses are getting on in years. Don’t let those timeless DVD covers and Disney stills fool…
Author Rightly Asks Tween Girls To Consider The ‘Bad’ Women Of History
It’s no coincidence that the role models traditionally put before girls are passive, complacent, conventional princesses who just wait…
Disney’s New Program Centers Around A Doctor – And She’s A Girl – Of Color!
The children’s entertainment industry has never been known for it’s diverse opinions or gender-permissive nature. Disney especially has a…
SNL Mocks Princess Culture With ‘The Real Housewives Of Disney’
Kids and reality TV can be bad business. Shows like The Real Housewives, Bad Girls Club, and The Bachelor…