It's possible that the neighbors had convinced themselves those memories were real. Memory is incredibly susceptible to suggestion. So imagine you live two doors down and you know three women and a child were rescued and that three brothers were arrested. It's not hard to believe that sometime in the last 10 years,…

It is a weird thing for adults to obsess over. I mean, if you're interested in animation and graphics and stuff , or the history of children's entertainment or something I can see Disney being really interesting to you. I don't understand it having general appeal to people over the age of 15.

I am soooo sick of these princesses! First I had a baby girl and had to dodge them on packs of diapers, play sets, clothing, birthday party accessories, and everywhere else. Now they are no longer relegated to the world of little girls either, as grown-ass women seem to obsess over them! I don't get it!

I am SO sick of The Internet getting all excited over Disney princes illustration series like these (and there are a LOT of them out there).

I'm so sick of all these Disney Princess posts. For a blog that complains about their influence, it bombards us with inane updates of their cultural domination on a daily basis.

You are so right! I spent a lot of my youth beating my head against the wall of domestic perfection. It's attainable, too — but not with a full-time job. (Now I'm into gardening perfection but at least I'm taking it at a slower pace).

You're definitely right about Martha Stewart, but I do think it just increases as we progress, and I don't necessarily think it started with her. I mean, part of why I Love Lucy was so successful was because so many women could relate to not being perfect in the Suzy Homemaker way, and they were feeling all kinds of…

Agreed. It's one thing to craft in order to relieve stress, it's another to think everything you make will delight the masses. I feel like knowing the difference is something every woman should learn before they are out of high school.

I wonder if the same thing happened when those cheapie little grocery aisle magazines like this came out.

I'm feeling a little Purple Liverwort on the way.

So tacky. Like grown women wearing Hello Kitty garb.

I love this! Bonus: She will remember more about these women later, because she learned about them in a fun, hands-on way. I wish I had had more of this kind of thing as a kid!

If I ever have a daughter I will tell her she can be a princess if she wants to, but she must be her own princess and interpret that look in her own way. I will not allow one piece of licensed crap in my house, I don't care how much she might whine, I want real imagination, not this ready-made Disney bs.

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No, and I really loathe that idea because to me it represents one of the most fundamentally fucked up things about our criminal justice system (and tbqh, our culture in general*): this whole attitude of "once a criminal, always a criminal." For us prison isn't about rehabilitation: it's just the place where bad people…

I'm sure you lose perspective being a celebrity and/or incredibly rich after a while, but what Madonna did is completely unacceptable. That's not hers to climb on.

Oh good god. Yes. Wash them. Please wash them.

I appreciate that this article is here, but there has been stuff about this floating around the nerdy side of the internet for years!