DISQUS

sassymonkey · 3 years ago

Sigh. It's sad and disturbing but not all that surprising. Have you seen the books that they are marketing to girls these days? The ones that talk of nothing but boys, booze, drugs and shopping?
liz · 3 years ago

this is beyond heinous. The shows are equally scabrous, with the possible exception of Daria. It's sleazy marketing at its worst.
drumsnwhistles · 3 years ago

sassymonkey, thankfully I haven't seen the books you're talking about, but I have seen the teen mags...ugh

Liz, thanks for your thoughtful and well-researched post on this topic. I knew I could count on you to dig down and get even more info!
Mom101 · 3 years ago

When I first posted about this this week, I had no idea what a nerve it would touch. As a new mom, I assumed it was "*sigh* yet another one of THESE things again." I'm pleased however that that's not the case and there are people like you speaking out about it.

I'm not a pollyanna and I'm not naive. Girls do things like this in real life, yes. But to promote it and laud it? Wow. Just wow.

Thanks for this.