In Love Distortion: Belle, Battered Codependent and Other Love Stories, Tracee Sioux, creator of The Girl Revolution (www.thegirlrevolution.com), examines the correlation between fairytales and love stories of today's popular culture, the companies who profit from them and the real-world problems girls potentially face when they grow up and try to translate the messages from these stories into healthy romantic relationships.
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Authentic Femininity and Authentic Love had been so distorted by our culture, media and marketing messages that girls grow up not even knowing what they really are. Parents are in the most powerful position to explore what the cultural and media messages are and what's wrong with them, as well as what's good and true.
Take the journey with me. It's a lot of fun and there are a lot of laughs to be had.
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The Girl Revolution: Forty Days of Love.
Join in The Girl Revolution in Forty Days of Love.
Spend forty days talking to your kids about what love is (and what it isn't) and showing them you love them.
Join in The Girl Revolution in Forty Days of Love.
Spend forty days talking to your kids about what love is (and what it isn't) and showing them you love them.
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Tracee Sioux boldly asks the hard questions: What is true? Where are women going? Where do we want to go? Is what we're doing going to get us there? Unflinching in her self-examination and honesty, her work explores femininity, culture, media and marketing, politics, spirituality and religion. Tracee's work is unexpected, funny and engaging.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a psychotherapist who works with adolescents, and as the mother of a daughter, I found this book to be an education in how the love stories of our culture are marketed to our girls. The genius of Tracee Sioux's work is that she deconstructs the fairy tales the media tells our young women and she provides a path to healthy self-esteem through each story. Love Distortion empowers its readers to give voice to the language of positive relationships. This book provides a new perspective on our age old stories, and it is a valuable tool to equip our daughters to see what dysfunctional love looks like. Love Distortion is a wake-up call proclaiming that if we don't inform our girls about what makes a romantic relationship healthy, the distorted view of mass media will surely fill that void.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By M. L. Campos
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Why the book is good: It is consistent in the messages that it tries to send, namely, that what pop culture is calling love is a sick glossed version of codependency, rape, self-abuse and deprecation. Sometimes it feels personal and anecdotal, but it still presents reasonable arguments. It's an easy read.
Now, why did it lost a star with me: I think she shouldn't turn a bind eye to the fact there are boys and men being abused by women, and that our culture also glorifies abuse when it's women on men as if it showed how the woman's supposed to be "sassy, a strong female character, assertive, outspoken", when, it's just abuse. In the end specifically there's an advice on how you should discuss with your daughters what they want on men, how to tell if they're abusive etc. The only times she mentions boys is how you should teach them to show their love properly, not be abusive etc.
It seems that still today we have this bad notion that only men are threats to their girlfriends, only they can be abusive, and we should focus on protecting our daughters. As if women were always good people.
Now, why did it lost a star with me: I think she shouldn't turn a bind eye to the fact there are boys and men being abused by women, and that our culture also glorifies abuse when it's women on men as if it showed how the woman's supposed to be "sassy, a strong female character, assertive, outspoken", when, it's just abuse. In the end specifically there's an advice on how you should discuss with your daughters what they want on men, how to tell if they're abusive etc. The only times she mentions boys is how you should teach them to show their love properly, not be abusive etc.
It seems that still today we have this bad notion that only men are threats to their girlfriends, only they can be abusive, and we should focus on protecting our daughters. As if women were always good people.
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Of course, of course, of course! Well written and fun to read. I highly recommend this book to all mothers grandmothers and teachers who care.
Anne-Marie Scherrer
Founder & Director
WomenAwaken.org
Anne-Marie Scherrer
Founder & Director
WomenAwaken.org
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Love Distortion
O.k. Raised a lot of great points with Disney Princess stories. Points I have passed considered myself. All mothers should read.
Published 4 months ago by NHMom
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Fractured Fairytales
As a mom and grandmom to boys, I was quite astonished at Tracee Sioux's inner and outer exploration of exploitation of our girls. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Cheryl Jensen
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A Closer Look at Fairy Tales
If you adore fairy tales and read a princess story to your child at each and every bedtime, you may want to read Love Distortion. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Katelyn Thomas
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Princess Free Zone
The author, Tracee Sioux, is a voice I wish I had been reading when my own daughter was in love with Aurora and Belle. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Charlie Radman
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Easy Quick Interesting Read
I thought this book gave a new and interesting perspective on implications we might be teaching our children by the media we let them watch. I am selective in the media I choose. Read more
Published 15 months ago by K J
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Thought Provoking!
Planning to have little nippers of my own one day, I wanted to understand what went on in the mind of a child. Read more
Published 15 months ago by John McAdam
