In James Poniewozik’s the “The Princess Paradox”‚ he presents an article on modern fairy tales providing strong feminist themes backed with evidence from recent films depicting these tails. While his point that women should be princess like‚ strong‚ as well as independent is clearly stated‚ his erratic sequence of evidence and casual tone takes away from his overall credibility. With unorganized evidence and a hard to read tone it is difficult to take the article seriously. In the author’s article
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ENG-121-51 Critique Let Me Believe That I’m A Princess As a contributing writer for the New York Times‚ Peggy Orenstein stresses in her article‚ Cinderella and Princess Culture‚ that the "princess craze" and "girlie-girl" culture is ruining young girls as they feel constantly pressured to be perfect. Orenstein also recognizes the fact that large companies like Disney are responsible for pushing the princess craze. Peggy Orenstein elaborates on how the classic fairytale of Cinderella does indeed
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In "The Princess Paradox" James Poniewozik suggests that being a princess is much different now than it used to be. But many daughters will always want to be princesses‚ no matter how much the idea of "princess" has changed over the years. Poniewozik starts his article off by stating that people often try to keep their girls from wanting to become princesses. But in the end they always will want to. Poniewozik states that girls used to want to be a princess with a pampered life. But to him this
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In James Poniewozik’s “The Princess Paradox”‚ he introduces the idea that young girls find becoming a princess appealing‚ even if they are raised to be an independent woman. Poniewozik‚ who is a media critic for the Time magazine‚ seems intrigued by the evolution of princesses and how it uses feministic views to create a pleasing appearance to the younger generations who are being raised with feminist ideals. Poniewozik claims that feministic themes find their way into our culture and as a consequence
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Critique Paper The story of Cinderella has been told in various ways over the years. This particular story is the Native American version of the tale that keeps the traditional theme of characters that are found in the Native American culture. The story "Oochigeaskw-The Rough-Faced Girl" was originally told in the Algonquin language and written by the Mic Mac Indian people of North America. There were rumors that there‚ once lived a great Native American warrior
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Orenstein’s three year-old daughter entered the “princess phase‚” Orenstein became increasingly frustrated. As a feminist‚ she worried about the negative effects the princess obsession would have on her daughter and other young girls in their futures. In “Cinderella and Princess Culture‚” Orenstein sets out to discuss these effects. She discovers that although it seems as if this princess craze is creating negative gender stereotypes at an early age‚ maybe princess enthusiasts are really benefitting from
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In the article‚ “Cinderella and Princess Culture”‚ Peggy Orenstein‚ a contributing writer for New York Times Magazine‚ explores the successful “princess” market and how it negatively impacts young children. Orenstein claims that the princess culture promotes a common gender stereotype of women to young children‚ especially young girls; therefore‚ society should lessen the encouragement of being a “princess” and fortify their promotion to a more strong-willed role model (327). Although the article
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Comparative Critique In the "Princess Paradox" James Poniewozik starts out his article by taking a stance against the princess movement‚ but then throughout the rest of his article he talks about how the movement is good for young girls by showing that they can control their own destiny. Unlike the "Princess Paradox"‚ Peggy Orenstein ’s article "Cinderella and Princess Culture" takes a stance against the princess movement by stating that the movement is ruining the minds of young girls. Although
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Critique of The Abilene Paradox: The Management of Agreement Biography Written by Jerry B. Harvey‚ The Abilene Paradox: The Management of Agreement discusses how organizations and leadership teams plan projects‚ events‚ and/or research studies and these projects can gather momentum and take on a life of their own‚ despite the face that no body wants to take part in them or claim responsibility for them when they fail (Understanding the Abilene‚ 1991). While it is difficult to find information
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W131 8 October 2013 Critique of “Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior” Elisabeth Panttaja‚ teacher at Tufts University‚ analyzes the true morality of Grimm’s well known fairytale‚ “Cinderella”‚ in her critique‚ “Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior.” Cinderella is usually characterized as an innocent and “motherless” girl who is trying to find true love‚ such as Disney’s version of “Cinderella”. However‚ Panttaja claims that Cinderella is not motherless and Cinderella is trying to gain power by
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