1. Posted on 14 February, 2011

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    Reblogged from k8inorbit

    k8inorbit: People have long speculated about why girls love horses, according to Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. She says that by identifying with these dynamic, strong animals, girls are expressing their own power. - Why Do Girls Love Horses, Unicorns And Dolphins? : NPR If you aren’t following NPR’s Hidden World of Girls series by The Kitchen Sisters already, I strongly recommend it.

    k8inorbit:

    People have long speculated about why girls love horses, according to Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. She says that by identifying with these dynamic, strong animals, girls are expressing their own power.
    - Why Do Girls Love Horses, Unicorns And Dolphins? : NPR

    If you aren’t following NPR’s Hidden World of Girls series by The Kitchen Sisters already, I strongly recommend it.