Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bobbsey Twins, Gender Binary, Media Literacy

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: --

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Pinkness of little girl culture there being a bible specifically for little girls: young girls being associated with pink, even toys which can be in multiple colors like legos are pink, broader cultural trends. Princesses become consumers in training spa culture which has also grown has been spilling into younger and younger girls. Makeovers for little girls and their birthday parties normative notions of beauty culture. Linked to real life princesses commoners who became princesses through marriage. Appealing to audiences being someone"s princess is appealing. Target audience is younger easily moved by these things. Consumed by it as it is so large in terms of what kinds of things you can buy. Have a huge media market huge player. Watching films multiple times over the course of several years normalizes it and reinforces these unrealistic ideas. What are some of the challenges posed by princess culture: gender binary, unrealistic standards of beauty, marginalizes, reinforces traditional gender roles problematic notions of.