"They’re now going into maternity wards, about 600 maternity wards, into new mothers’ rooms right after they’ve given birth and offering them a new branded Disney onesie and signing them up for a new Disney mailing list, and they’re using this as –and this is a quote –a “beachhead” for a product line that hopes to be as vast and as all-consuming as the Disney princess line. They realized that that was the one childhood group that was not hooked on Disney products yet. So you start with the Disney princess onesie and work your way up to the Disney princess wedding dress. What I’m thinking is that maybe they can market a Snow White coffin so you can go womb to tomb."
Peggy Orenstein to feministing
This is old, but recently quoted in my alumni mag, which I decided to read before recycling... Currently reading about changes in fairy tale psychology with Disney, it rang true...
Speaking of gender expectations, we went to see Girlyman last night, having not really heard much by them. They rocked. A poignant moment when the bass/guitar player described how the next song got her through her recent experience with leukemia upped the ante, and the song was awesome. But the surprisingly faithful encore cover of "Staying Alive" was the capper. Yes, girls, that should be your goal...
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