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October 10, 2009

Princess Bubble Book Review: A Princess Who Empowers Girls

Princess Bubble Book Review: A Princess Who Empowers Girls http://www.theshoppingmama.com/2009/10/princess-bubble-book-review-princess.html Princess Bubble is a fairy tale for today’s modern girl. Written by friends Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, the women wanted to make that point that “although princes are fabulous, a princess must find her security in something much deeper. Johnston and Webb [...]

October 5, 2009

A modern day fairy tale for girls of all ages

By Terry Hernon MacDonald October 5, 2009

By Terry Hernon MacDonald October 5, 2009
http://www.singlewomenrule.com/2009/10/a-modern-day-fairy-tale-for-girls-of-all-ages/

A wonderful little book crossed my desk recently, and I wished it were around during the days I read bedtime stories to my two daughters (I nearly had an aneurysm once reading The Princess and the Pea to my older daughter; I did not repeat the [...]

September 28, 2009

Breaking the Princess Stereotype: Princess Bubble

SEPTEMBER 2009
Breaking the Princess Stereotype: Princess Bubble
http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/04/17/breaking-the-p…rincess-bubblebreaking-the-princess-stereotype-princess-bubble/
The feminist, eco-mom’s lament: What to do about princesses!
For the first two years of my daughter’s life, I shielded her from fairy tales and Disney movies about happily ever after and surrounded her with books about animals and nature. Then, she met a little girl that would become [...]

September 9, 2009

Single Girls This Holiday Live A Fairy Tale Life!

Atlanta, GA, September 9, 2009–This Christmas season thousands of single belles will hang their silk stockings and say their prayers before a quick night’s sleep-then it’s off to work they go. This ever growing group of Carols, Noels, and Merrys will shop, party and cook as they celebrate the holidays with families and friends. Two [...]

July 27, 2009

This Princess Empowers Girls!

You know how the story goes—Prince Charming, “Happily Ever After,” The End, right? Is this the ONLY option today’s moms want to share with their young daughters? Two successful girlfriends are offering parents an updated version of the traditional fairy tale. No longer a “Damsel in Distress,” this princess travels the world, helps others, and [...]

June 26, 2009

Mr. Bubble Enters the Scene…

Princess Bubble co-author, Susan Johnston, married Georgia State Senator Bill Hamrick, Mr. Bubble, on June 13th.
Recently, my life took an unexpected turn I NEVER expected for myself and I met a prince. This relationship has made me even more passionate about the message of Princess Bubble because we both feel so strongly about being [...]

June 26, 2009

Girls, Self-Esteem & a Princess; As Seen On CNN & The TODAY Show

Girls, Self-Esteem & a Princess; As Seen On CNN & The TODAY Show
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2008/08/11/intv.susan.johnston.cnn?iref=videosearch
Many concerned mothers today worry about raising their princess. There is a royal struggle to have fun with fairy tales and at the same time teach girls the true meaning of “Happily Ever After!”
This is a story [...]

June 25, 2009

Confessions of a Shopaholic

I must confess, speaking of confessions, I have a girl crush on Isla Fisher (Becky Bloomwood in this film) Becky is such a girly girl with fabulous flair and many obvious faults that make her lovable and remind me that I too have a little shopaholic in me. Retail Therapy, as some call it, is [...]

May 5, 2009

princess bubble: she’s no damsel in distress

princess bubble: she’s no damsel in distress
http://www.mamabirddiaries.com/drooling-over-this/princess-bubble-shes-no-damsel-in-distress/
I truly enjoy all the princess madness… the gowns, the glitter, the tiaras. I love watching my girls dress up and I’ll be totally honest, I once tried to squeeze myself into one of their gowns. Turns out, I am not a toddler size 5.
But I just loathe those [...]

April 8, 2009

Princess Bubble

Princess Bubble
http://marcellahawkinsno.blogspot.com/2009/04/princess-bubble.html
As a mother of a six-year-old miss, I chance myself in a invariant conflict ( already! ) with the “ idealised ” female. In point of fact, I conceive the indoctrination of lassie gets at birth, but it hits hardest between the ages of 3-7 when they are literally plunged in the “ princess [...]