Princess Propaganda Giving Us The Runs
Last night I was watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians — in the episode, Khloe and Kourtney got pissed at Kim because she was buying a Bentley and acting like a big princess. Their retort was that...
View ArticleSo This Is What A Princess Looks Like
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand attends the Balmain fashion show. [Paris, 3/5/10]
View Article17 Phrases We’re Tired Of Hearing About Women
Sometimes a girl just gets sick and tired of all the cutesy little words and phrases that exist to describe women. I mean, cougar? Puma? Cheetah? Who can keep them all straight? Depending on the...
View ArticleMommy Loves Her “Princess Boy” Who Likes To Wear Girls’ Clothes
This is the sweetest story: this little boy likes to wear princess clothes and that’s just fine with his mom. Cheryl Kilodavis has written a children’s book called My Princess Boy about how it’s OK...
View ArticleDisney Swears Off Princess Stories For The Time Being
My little nieces think I’m a nut job: They hand me Cinderella Barbie and tell me we’re going to meet Prince Charming at the ball and I’m, like, “Instead, let’s pretend Barbie is a brain surgeon! Or the...
View ArticleYes, Herman Cain, “Princess Nancy” Is A Sexist Way To Refer To Nancy Pelosi
With seemingly a new woman coming forward every day detailing sexual harassment by Herman Cain, you might think the GOP wannabe presidential candidate would try not to look like a jerk. But during last...
View ArticleBrace Yourselves For Yet Another Disney Princess
You know what little girls don’t have enough of? PRINCESSES. The scarcity of doe-eyes, glass slippers, and pink frilly dresses is truly criminal. But children need not suffer anymore: Disney is...
View ArticleGirls Can Like Superheroes, Boys Can Like Pink Stuff
Let’s do the Time Warp, yeaaaah! Amelia has gone back in time and unearthed a video of Baby Jessica Wakeman (real name: Riley), who is just as opinionated as she is in adult form. Riley is seen...
View ArticleSay “Nay!” To “My Little Pony” Talking Princess Celestia Doll
Rebecca Hains, best be known these days as the woman who got busted by the TSA for trying to take a red velvet cupcake through airport security, is, in her real life a media studies professor at Salem...
View ArticleEvening Quickies: Justin Bieber Says “Every Girl Is A Princess”
Justin Bieber says in the new Seventeen that he “just tries to make [Selena Gomez] happy, that’s all,” by treating her like a princess. Awww. He goes on to say “I think it’s important to make all...
View ArticleSweet Or Creepy? Put Your Daughter’s Face On A Disney Princess Doll
Mommy gets a 3D sonogram — and a couple years later, your precious bundle of joy can place with a Disney princess doll with her own face on it. For $99, Disney will graft the likeness of your child’s...
View ArticleLittle Boy Learns He Can’t Be A Princess For Halloween
I have a love-hate relationship with “What Would You Do?”, the so-called ‘reality’ show that hires actors to enact controversial situations in public to gauge the response of random people. I don’t...
View ArticleThe Soapbox: On Disney’s First Latina Princess
“Disney is releasing a Latina princess soon, mija,” I declared to my daughter as we drove away from her school and on our way to pick up her dad. “Good!” she said firmly. But of course, I rarely let...
View ArticleAwesome Mom’s Reaction When Her Black Son Wanted To Be A Princess
Last week we watched an interesting social experiment on the TV show “What Would You Do?” where actors playing a mom and kids went to a Halloween costume store looking for non-gender-conforming...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Talks Princesses On “Sesame Street”
At some point in the life of many little girls and some little boys there comes the cold, hard realization that you cannot be a princess when you grow up. Think about it: do you really want to spend...
View ArticleFalse Alarm: Disney Still Keeping Sexualized Version Of “Brave”‘s Princess...
Last week, I wrote about how bummed I was that the heroine of Disney’s “Brave” is undergoing a makeover before she becomes an official Disney Princess. Her unruly hair is tamed, her figure is slimmed...
View ArticleHitched: The Wedding Dress Body Project
Andrea is taking a much needed week off from her Hitched column this week, after spending the last few days reporting live from the Texas State Legislature as they attempted to rid the state of nearly...
View ArticleDad Makes Daughter’s Dream Of Being A Princess Come True In The Most...
I get it: you have kids and you love them so much you just want to give them the world, or whatever comes closest to it. But sometimes giving your kids whatever they want in life comes at a price. In...
View ArticleDisney Princesses With Realistic Waistlines Look Utterly Fabulous
What if Disney princesses had realistic waistlines? Well, they would look pretty fab. No doubt about it. Buzzfeed’s Loryn Brantz decided to digitally edit six famous ladies – Ariel (“The Little...
View ArticleD’Angelo and Friends Pay Tribute To Prince In The Best Way Possible On Jimmy...
As if the lyrics weren't perfectly sad enough on their own, halfway through the song D'angelo altered the lyrics to say, "I often dream of heaven and I know that Prince is there."
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