http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/princesses Questions tagged with 'princesses' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:13:02 -0800 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:13:02 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/97245/Paging%2Dall%2DGender%2DWarriors GenderWarriorFilter: Help me find a gift for a five year old girl that in NO WAY involves princesses. Oh yeah, I should mention that I'd prefer that she also not hate said gift. So, I'm a nanny to two girls, the oldest of whom is turning five next Thursday. Needless to say, I need to find a gift. Fast. I haven't done so yet because I am having a moral problem.<br> <br> The girl in question is very smart and funny... and ONLY likes Princesses.<br> <br> I, for one, would like to destroy the Barbie Princess Overlords and find it really ridiculous that this obsession has gone so far as to include Disney Princess SHOES. And these are her favorite shoes. Just like her favorite movies are all things like "Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper" and "Barbie Island Princess" with a few classics like "Sleeping Beauty" thrown in for good measure. <br> <br> I want to give her something that she will actually LIKE, but I also do not want it in any way to conform to the traditional "waiting in a tower for a handsome prince" stereotypes of princesses. Please, please help me think of some toy or costume or whatever that will oh so subtly expand her gender horizons. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.97245 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:13:02 -0800 gender gifts princesses grapefruitmoon