When did I say that everything girly is stupid? I liked princess movies when I was a kid. The difference is that Disney's princess branding wasn't quite in full swing. There were movies about princesses but no specific Disney Princess line of products and media. That's really what I'm worried about. I wouldn't mind any daughter of mine watching Cinderella. What I'd worry about is the idea that she, as a girl, must like princess things--or that she, as a girl who likes princess things, is only capable of liking things labeled princess.
I even own some skirts!
A lot of little kids are insecure about gender. But isn't telling kids that "girls play with girl toys, boys play with boy toys, but we have some Star Wars toys labeled Girl Toys so now you can play Star Wars" a problem?
The issue isn't that girls like girl toys. The problem is that girls are being told they may only like toys with Girl right on the label. Princess branding is a part of this. Slapping Princess on Princess Leia isn't fixing the problem. It's kind of a way of saying that girls should like Leia but Luke and Han and all that is for Boys.
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I even own some skirts!
A lot of little kids are insecure about gender. But isn't telling kids that "girls play with girl toys, boys play with boy toys, but we have some Star Wars toys labeled Girl Toys so now you can play Star Wars" a problem?
The issue isn't that girls like girl toys. The problem is that girls are being told they may only like toys with Girl right on the label. Princess branding is a part of this. Slapping Princess on Princess Leia isn't fixing the problem. It's kind of a way of saying that girls should like Leia but Luke and Han and all that is for Boys.