Anti-princess marketing and girls' education: Mercy Academy vs. GoldieBlox

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Water, water everywhere, and all the boards did shrink.
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.

Princesses: They're everywhere. Over the past decade, marketers have made "princess" a synonym for "girls. They use princesses as shorthand---a way of saying, "Hey, girl: Buy this!"

But ever since Peggy Orenstein spelled out the problems with princess culture in Cinderella Ate My Daughter…