Cinderella goes to the purity ball: An open letter on feminism and girl culture, written to my female undergraduate students

  • Sally Galman University of Massachusetts Amherst

Abstract

The author responds to the observed complacency and post-feminist rhetoric embraced by some of her female undergraduate students, exhorting them to reexamine girl culture, pop culture, feminism and the anti-intellectualism that pervades contemporary U.S. culture. An analysis of the princess trope in girl culture is followed by commentary on the place of education in a struggling economy. The letter concludes with a challenge to young women to become involved agitators instead of tiara-clad spectators in their own political lives.
Published
February 23, 2012
How to Cite
Galman, S. (2012). Cinderella goes to the purity ball: An open letter on feminism and girl culture, written to my female undergraduate students. Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.31165/nk.2012.51.244