![]() ![]() ![]() Peggy Orenstein: I think part of it was that I had been the supposed expert for the last 20 years, so I had 20 years of anxiety. Is having a daughter really that much more precarious than it was, say, 20 years ago? ![]() Mother Jones: You wrote that you had originally wanted a boy because you were afraid you might not be able to handle a daughter. Referring to the nearly half of six- to nine-year-old girls who wear lipstick or gloss, Orenstein tells me, “I don’t know why the percentage is not zero.” Read on for her lowdown on gender-branded diapers, Facebook’s dark side, and how the parents of preschool beauty queens are more like us than we’d care to admit. Orenstein hangs out with teachers, teenyboppers, marketing execs, social scientists, tots in tiaras, and her own seven-year-old to probe the beguiling contradictions of our growing girly-girl culture. It’s the whole onslaught.” Cinderella Ate My Daughter is a highly entertaining (and disconcerting) romp. Where do Disney princesses fall on a 1-to-10 scale of harm to a girl’s identity? How about Bratz, pink mania, Facebook? “All of this stuff seems 1, but might be 10, and you don’t really know,” says author and New York Times Magazine essayist Peggy Orenstein as we chat about her new book. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. ![]()
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There are no end to clichéd characters, there's not so much a love triangle as a love star or whatever shape there is with way too many pointy ends (my Geometry teacher would be so proud), because it seems like everyone's hooking up with everyone else. ![]() Technically, I'm not supposed to like this book. If not, sit back and enjoy the show." *sheepishly hands over her "Get Out Of Jail Free" card* Can you think of anyone who deserves a bitch slap?" ![]() ![]() LOS ANGELES 2035 Reg, a surgeon and one-time husband forced into a life of crime as an organ thief, and Nina, a young fiery-tongued refugee who makes her living as a dominatrix, struggle to survive in the inhuman ghettos of Los Angeles and in virtual worlds where outcasts seek refuge. 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Most had, of course, never had either title or lands. They would normally tell everyone that they would be rich and titled once the “communists” returned his or her lands. I’ve known countless people who have claimed to have noble blood from some obscure part of the former Eastern Europe. They believe that their lives are humdrum and boring, never realizing what an enormous gift it is to be alive at all. The Walter Mitty syndrome is clearly related: people use fantasy to escape from their normal lives. Regular readers might remember that in a post in April, I examined pathological lying from physical, psychological, social, subtle and spiritual perspectives. ![]() He has become such a standard for the role that his name appears in several dictionaries. ![]() Mitty was a meek, mild man with a vivid fantasy life: in a few dozen paragraphs he imagined himself a wartime pilot, an emergency-room surgeon, and a devil-may-care killer. Walter Mitty was a a fictional character in James Thurber’s short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, published in 1941. ![]() ![]() ![]() And neither of them is prepared for what's coming on the road ahead. One of them is pretending not to be leaving something behind. One of them is lying about the destination. But things don't go as planned and after a tumultuous break-up, they're thrown together on a road trip. In Right of Way Peyton and Jace meet on vacation and fall head over heels in love. And the secret has everything to do with why they broke up, why they can't get back togetherand why they're actually totally destined for each other. Courtney's heartbroken, while Jordan's got a secret or two that he's not telling her. ![]() ![]() But it's too late to change plans, so the trip must go on as planned. Lauren Barnholdt's summer road trip novels, Two-Way Street and Right of Way, are now available together in one paperback edition! 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Lauren Barnholdt is an American author of over 30 books including novels for children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as guides for authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Because the book takes place only during the storm and immediately afterward, the full extent of the devastation and its aftermath is left to the reader to discover an author's note provides an overview of Hurricane Katrina. ![]() The destruction of her neighborhood is observed first-hand by 12-year-old narrator Lanesha, and her detailed description of water slowly rising up into her house realistically conveys just how frightening such a situation would be. Parents need to know that this novel about how Hurricane Katrina affects a young girl in New Orleans offers an honest look at the storm as experienced by the residents of the Ninth Ward. 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This is the third night in a row My Lady, perhaps you should tell Byron.” Marius lifted the kettle from the stove and poured the hot water into the waiting tea pot. “You didn’t have to get up, I am perfectly capable of making a cup of tea,” she said smiling at him from the chair he had steered her to. She hadn’t been up for more than five minutes when her squire Marius joined her. Silently she walked downstairs and made her way to the kitchen. Quietly she slipped from under the covers and picked up her robe from the foot of the bed and tip toed out of their room. For the third night in a row she had a nightmare where she watched as a young girl calling out for her son Aiden was murdered. ![]() ![]() She looked over to where her mate lay, still sound asleep. Adelaide McKenzie gasped and sat up in bed. ![]() ![]() If you buy from the links, I get a little commission that helps me get more books to feature.Ī | Amazon.ca | .uk | | | | Amazon.es | .jp | Amazon. Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book is also available at Amazon ( US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | JP | CN) You can get the book from them and major bookstores in Southeast Asia. This review copy is provided by book seller and distributor APD Singapore ( website | facebook). Actually, I had a colleague who has this book as well so I guess it's not just for kids.Ĭheck out the gallery page on Amazon to see how others have coloured their books. Ideal gift for kids, students and adults, it can also be used as a fashion. ![]() The paper is more suited for coloured pencils rather than coloured ink because they will bleed through. Shop adult coloring secret garden book with fast shipping and fast return. The artworks are of beautiful gardens, mazes, trees, insects and interesting looking flora and sometimes insects. ![]() ![]() It's a colouring and treasure hunt book by illustrator Johanna Basford who is know for her intricate black and white ink drawings.īesides adding colours to the illustrations, you are also invited to find hidden images on every page (answers revealed on the last). This is a very popular book that has over 200 favourable reviews on Amazon. ![]() ![]() ![]() Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town–and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.Įnter Mia Warren–an enigmatic artist and single mother–who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned–from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. ![]() |