All Blog Posts Tagged 'esteem' (10)

By Terry Hernon MacDonald October 5, 2009 http://www.singlewomenrule.com/2009/10/a-modern-day-fairy-tale-for-girls-of-all-ages/ A wonderful little book crossed my desk recently, and I wished it were around during the days I read bedtime stories to my two daughters (I nearly had an aneurysm once reading The Princess and the Pea to my older daughter; I did not repeat the mistake with the younger one). But this book, Princess Bubble, wrtten by Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb and illustrated by Ma… Continue

Atlanta, GA, September 9, 2009--This Christmas season thousands of single belles will hang their silk stockings and say their prayers before a quick night’s sleep-then it’s off to work they go. This ever growing group of Carols, Noels, and Merrys will shop, party and cook as they celebrate the holidays with families and friends. Two successful single gals will ring in the New Year with a resolution; offering parents an updated version of the traditional fairy tale. No longer a “Damsel in Distres… Continue

You know how the story goes—Prince Charming, “Happily Ever After,” The End, right? Is this the ONLY option today’s moms want to share with their young daughters? Two successful girlfriends are offering parents an updated version of the traditional fairy tale. No longer a “Damsel in Distress,” this princess travels the world, helps others, and finds “happily ever after” even before she finds her Prince! With wisdom gleaned from their careers as independent, globe-trotting flight attendants, fi… Continue

Princess Bubble http://marcellahawkinsno.blogspot.com/2009/04/princess-bubble.html As a mother of a six-year-old miss, I chance myself in a invariant conflict ( already! ) with the `` idealised '' female. In point of fact, I conceive the indoctrination of lassie gets at birth, but it hits hardest between the ages of 3-7 when they are literally plunged in the `` princess civilization ''. So, when I saw the book Princess Bubble by Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, it was as if the clouds splitted… Continue

Not Your Average Princess Posted by The Q on February 12th, 2009 Little girls are indoctrinated into Princess Culture before they can even speak in full sentences. Pictures of doe-eyed Cinderellas and Sleeping Beauties adorn everything from plates and cups to clothing and shoes. In fact, Disney’s Princesses marketing campaign is considered one of the most successful in the history of the company–and in the marketing industry. These graceful beauties are impossible to escape no matter where you… Continue

A Different Kind of Princess Princess Bubble is a beautiful fairy tale princess AND an educated, hard-working, well-traveled woman with plenty of moxie. Authors Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb created the character of Princess Bubble to help combat stereotypes and fight the victim mentality that young girls are indoctrinated with almost from birth. The book is written from a Christian perspective, encouraging young girls to be princess with morals, ethics, and faith in addition to a pretty d… Continue

Princess - Prince = A Happy Ending Too? November 9, 2008 This was written about Princess Bubble by Beauty vs Beast. Check out this blog at http://beautyvsbeast.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/princess-prince-a-happy-ending-too/ Apparently, there IS a fairy tale where a princess ends up happy and prince-less! Princess Bubble is a picture book for young girls where the main character is a princess who questions the traditional fairy tale ending. It was written by Susan Johnston, who happens to be a… Continue

Friday, May 23, 2008 Empowering Girls: Princess Bubble Review Princess Bubble by Susan Johnston & Kimberly Webb is the antidote to the Disney Princess Culture. It's got all the "pretty" little girls want with the crowns and flouncy dresses and the gobs of bubble gum pink and castles and lavish parties. It's full of the exaggerated femininity little girls crave, but balanced with more modern-day images of her in jeans, at the gym, going to work, driving a car and doing yoga. The illustr… Continue

I get sick of hearing when you are not looking love will find you. Or when you are content. Or pray about it.... First of all, I am not looking and have been content not looking for years and show me the love! But, here is the real truth about love in my opinion. We have all seen things that should have never worked work and things that should have worked not work. Who has not seen a ugly married woman (and by ugly I mean inside or out) or a beautiful single woman (there again I mean inside o… Continue

I am listening to an audio book, Snow Flower and The Secret Fan, on my commute to work. This book goes into details on how Asian girls bind their feet. I could not even listen to all the details. The girls toes are broken and I can not tell you what all else because turned the volume down during this torture. While silent in the car waiting on the book to skip ahead, I wondered, "Why did men find this attractive? Could these girls even walk?" I remembered the plump women sprawled out in art from… Continue