Comments on: Breaking the Princess Stereotype: Princess Bubble

By: Jacqui Graham

Jacqui Graham — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:57:52 +0000

I tried to keep my daughter away from Barbie dolls and Disney princesses, but it was a losing battle. She loved all the Disney princesses, from Ariel to Snow White, and waltzed around in plastic pink heels and rhinestone tiaras. (And yes, she did marry the handsome prince and had a fairy tale wedding at which they waltzed to “Once Upon A Dream”). Despite the princess obsession, however, she has grown up to be a confident, dynamic woman who is now trying to avoid the princess stereotypes with her own 2 year old daughter!

By: Jacqui Graham

Jacqui Graham — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:52:01 +0000

Here is an interesting article about Disney princes and heroes. The author rates them on a scale of A to F.

What is the measure of a Disney man? And how truly macho are these guys who regularly win the hearts of animated girls we all know and love?

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/2397/

By: Cassie Elder

Cassie Elder — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:42:55 +0000

I will have to check this out for my 26 year old daughter who is depressed about being single!

By: Nancy Dingle

Nancy Dingle — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:42:44 +0000

I just read Princess Bubble will be on CNN. I have never even heard of CNN covering children’s books.

By: Shellini

Shellini — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:00:37 +0000

You know I felt the same way and then oddly enough I discovered the Barbie movies and they are really adorable and not the typical she needs her princess to rescue her type movies. Plus, classical music is played throughout the movie. Hope that helps some. And before then, I was determined to NOT let my daughter have barbie…

By: Alanna Mallon

Alanna Mallon — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:55:53 +0000

I second the Princess Smartypants vote! Best princess book ever, but I will totally check out Princess Bubble. Great post, thanks!

By: Jennifer Lance

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:39:18 +0000

I wanted to share some comments from one of the authors:
The main reasons Princess Bubble is a flight attendant is because we are flight attendants. I recently left Delta after 18 years and Kim is still there. I said we are flight attendants because after that long at one job you feel you will always have it in your blood.

Flight attendants all marry late if they marry because you are dropped off in NYC or Paris and forced to become quickly independent. You then realize,”Hey, I need to see the world!” And once you do all this by yourself you then think, “I would only want to marry to share my life or because I met a soul mate.”

Kim has her master’s in romantic languages and speaks Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.The flight attendant group has more degrees than any other department in the company. This shocks people. But you have corporate people who said, “Forget the stress! I just want to travel” and single women with enough time also nurse, practice law, teach at the college level, tutor… And mothers who fly only on the weekends so a parent is with the kids everyday.

The job was fun before 911. But now, I would not recommend this as a career-the world has changed.And she is named Bubble because that was my nickname in school. And as you may have guessed we have not found a prince but have wonderful lives!

Thanks for sharing Susan. I did not mean to criticize flight attendants in my post. I too work in a stereotypical career for women: teaching.

By: Yarrow

Yarrow — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:48:18 +0000

I love it! I have “The Paper Bag Princess” from when my older daughters were young, now I have another to find for my three year old. I would add, that the “Tatterhood Tales” are another great princess-stereotype breaking book for readers 8 and up. As always, thanks for the review.

By: Kendra Holliday

Kendra Holliday — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:51:28 +0000

I like Princess Smartypants by Babbette Cole!

I’m OK with my daughter thinking she’s a princess, because I think I am QUEEN.

By: Green Diva meg

Green Diva meg — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:47:25 +0000

Awesome post! i’m the mother of three girls ages 15, 22, 23. i was a single parent for a lot of their childhood and i exposed them to a lot of great feminist concepts. i railed against some of the disney princess images in particular. beauty and the beast upset me because it gave the impression that if you were beautiful you could tame the meanest beast. i’m afraid there are way too many battered women who bought this concept. thanks for the great post!