Peggy Orenstein (born November 22, 1961) is the author of the ''New York Times'' bestsellers ''Boys & Sex, Girls & Sex,'' ''Cinderella Ate My Daughter'' and ''Waiting for Daisy,'' as well as ''Don’t Call Me Princess'', ''Flux'', and the classic ''Schoolgirls''. Her TED talk has been viewed over 5.5 million times. A frequent contributor to the '' New York Times Magazine'', she was named in 2012 by '' The Columbia Journalism Review'' as one of its "40 Women Who Changed the Media Business in the Past 40 Years".

Writing

In books and magazine articles Peggy Orenstein writes about the politics of every day life, usually relating to gender. Her book ''Schoolgirls'' was groundbreaking in its discussion of educational inequity. In ''Flux'' she explored the life choices of a generation of ethnically diverse, middle class women in their mid-20s to mid-40s. ''Waiting for Daisy'' was her memoir of infertility, cancer and motherhood. In ''Cinderella Ate My Daughter'' she exposed the “girlie girl” culture being marketed to young children. ''Girls & Sex'' and ''Boys & Sex'' broke silences around teenage sexual behavior, sexualized media, and hookup culture calling for healthier, open dialogue between parents and children as well as expanded positive-based sex and relationship education in schools. She has also written extensively about breast cancer and the limits of mammographic screening and early detection

Recognition

Orenstein has been named by th
Columbia Journalism Review
"40 women who changed the media business in the past 40 years." She has also been recognized by the
Council on Contemporary Families
for her "Outstanding Coverage of Family Diversity.” She has received two “Books for a Better Life” awards. Her magazine work has also been honored by the Commonwealth Club of California, the National Women’s Political Caucus of California and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She was the recipient of fellowships from the United States-Japan Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council.

Selected works

* ''SchoolGirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Confidence Gap''. New York: Random House, 1994. , * ''Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Kids, Love and Life in a Half-Changed World'' New York : Anchor Books, 2001. , * ''Waiting for Daisy'' New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. , * ''

Cinderella Ate My Daughter ''Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture'' is a 2011 book written by Peggy Orenstein. The book explores the phenomenon of princess culture and in particular how the concept is marketed to young ...

'' New York, NY : Harper, 2012. , * ''Girls & Sex'' New York, NY: Harper, 2016. , * ''Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life''. Harper Paperbacks, 2018. , * ''Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity'', 2020.

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