Sep 16 2007

I’m Shallow. They’re Ugly. Social Class and Cultural Consumption.

mom | consumer culture, gender, marketing to children, princess, social class, strategies | 5 Comments

I recently read a funny post by subarctic mama about her husband convincing her daughter to get regular (unlicensed) sneakers instead of Cinderella sneakers and I had to laugh!  I fear my own inability to manage such a situation so much that I have gone to rather great lengths to avoid it. 

As I mentioned before, I avoid taking Thing 1 shopping to keep her sheltered somewhat from consumer culture and to circumvent what they aptly call in the business, “the nag factor,”  but Read the complete Post.