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The author explores her own conflicting feelings as a mother as she protects her offspring and probes the roots and tendrils of the girlie-girl movement and concludes that parents who think through their values early on and set reasonable limits, encourage dialogue and skepticism, and are canny about the consumer culture can combat the 24/7 "media machine" aimed at girls and hold off the focus on beauty, materialism, and the color pink somewhat.

Presents a collection of essays, drawn from three decades of writing, that traces the progress and setbacks of women and girls as reflected in areas ranging from princess culture and miscarriage to breast cancer and motherhood. The New York Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter delivers her first ever collection of essaysfunny, poignant, deeply personal and sharply observed pieces, drawn from three decades of writing,...