tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214489875213933536.post7137982411609650288..comments2024-01-13T22:42:35.981-06:00Comments on Motherhood & Words®: solidkate hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08761820572827505993noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214489875213933536.post-7279262034497278232009-04-19T22:29:00.000-05:002009-04-19T22:29:00.000-05:00Thanks for the heads up on the Amazon issue, Kate....Thanks for the heads up on the Amazon issue, Kate. <br /><br />I've been reading another book about girls and media/consumer culture, Packaging Girlhood. It's thought-provoking, though I sometimes disagree with the authors--like, they really come down hard on girls wearing pink and liking princesses. As the mother of a pink princess lover extraordinaire, I don't think banning those things in our house would be helpful. Instead, I've been trying to use them as a jumping-off point for discussion.<br /><br />The book does include a nice list of books for girls that feature strong heroines.<br /><br />Good luck! Try not to worry too much about your daughter worrying. . .Carrie Pomeroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202031508702130658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214489875213933536.post-78478501330415844652009-04-19T15:29:00.000-05:002009-04-19T15:29:00.000-05:00I'll definitely check out Reviving Ophelia. Thanks...I'll definitely check out Reviving Ophelia. Thanks for your words. Andria, I think it's hilarious you read it when Nora was seven months old. <br /><br />Lynne Marie, thanks for the self-defense link.kate hopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08761820572827505993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214489875213933536.post-86353214420845248802009-04-18T18:01:00.000-05:002009-04-18T18:01:00.000-05:00Reviving Ophelia is worth it.
I have a 6-year-old ...Reviving Ophelia is worth it.<br />I have a 6-year-old with glasses and she struggles with that image-hates how she looks with her glasses on-even though we compliment her. She sees another picture when she looks in the mirror.Peaceful Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10265198438524420667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214489875213933536.post-4531813469516644012009-04-15T21:41:00.000-05:002009-04-15T21:41:00.000-05:00Kate,
I am wishing again that we lived closer. ...Kate, <br /><br />I am wishing again that we lived closer. I share so many of your concerns for my own girl child. <br /><br />This is where you all should go to practice self defense: <br />http://www.femamartialarts.org/ Then maybe we can all meet up at a National Women's Martial Arts Federation training camp in a few years!<br /><br />Self Defense is a life changing practice. I've been in the arts 21years, since I was 19. But I get choked up when I realize that my daughter may not need so much transformation to recognize her own power, because she's gotten started at age 6. <br /><br />You really haven't experienced feminism until you hear a room full of little girls roar, "When one of us gets stronger--we ALL get stronger!"<br /><br />Thanks too for being an ally to GLBT authors. It makes slogging through this kind of homophobic crap just a little easier to know that we've got a lot of friends out there.Lynne Marie Wanamakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855239412405687524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214489875213933536.post-8572318862962930562009-04-15T18:13:00.000-05:002009-04-15T18:13:00.000-05:00I had to chuckle at this, because I read "Reviving...I had to chuckle at this, because I read "Reviving Ophelia" when Nora was seven months old. Um, was I a little premature??<br /><br />It's a useful book...frightening but not sensationalistic...a lot of "notes from the field" on teenage and preteen girls. The most important bit I gleaned from it seemed to be, "Raise your daughter with a 1950s sense of family security and a 1990s sense of potential and personal opportunity." (Now that we're in the 2000s, I think we can actually raise our daughters with a 2009+ sense of opportunity. I had an older edition.) :)Andriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274508276595416473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214489875213933536.post-74607900231821891802009-04-15T08:25:00.000-05:002009-04-15T08:25:00.000-05:00Loved your entry today....Yes, read Ophelia so you...Loved your entry today....Yes, read Ophelia so you are prepared (but it's not as bad as it sounds unless your child is THE most popular girl in school---avoid that at all costs) AND sign the girls up for karate....a great confidence builder! Keep them strong, but enjoy this simple, carefree time in their lives. As you know from reading my pages, it sometimes gets a little more complicated later. Ann SAnnmurt@aol.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10119133549740188993noreply@blogger.com