The media is trying to turn our daughters into pink, glittery, slutty, materialistic consumers. This comes as absolutely no surprise to me or Lisa Simpson. They are also turning our sons into violent young men.

Here is a perfect example. Last week we were on a road trip and I took my twins to McDonalds. I got each child a happy meal. Claudia's toy was a little Glinda the Good Witch fairy princess looking doll and Ian got a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I could stop typing right now and I would have made my point. 

Bratz dolls aside, (I swear to God I would rather have my children watch season one of "Deadwood" and say the CS bomb at preschool in front of their teacher who is married to a preacher and all the other two year olds than think that Bratz are reasonable role models.) the "media" (not me, but the rest of the media) is marketing girl power as sexy and pretty = a strong woman.

Check out Packaging Girlhood. It is a blog by the two women who wrote the book Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers’ Schemes, Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. You will see even more evidence.

Don't even get me started on how upsetting trying to explain what a mutant ninja is to a two year old.