Summary of Linda Rodriguez McRobbie's Princesses Behaving Badly

By IRB Media

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#1 The Princess and the Popstar Barbies, the Melissa Doug Decorate Your Own Princess Mirror sets, and countless pink-spangled princess T-shirts are just a few of the items sold in conjunction with the princess culture.

#2 The fairy tale doesn’t need to become the expectation by talking about real princesses and stopping turn their lives into fairy tales. Some real princesses were women who found themselves in circumstances they couldn’t control.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822535336

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Insights on Linda Rodriguez McRobbie's Princesses Behaving Badly

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Princess and the Popstar Barbies, the Melissa Doug Decorate Your Own Princess Mirror sets, and countless pink-spangled princess T-shirts are just a few of the items sold in conjunction with the princess culture.

#2

The fairy tale doesn’t need to become the expectation by talking about real princesses and stopping turn their lives into fairy tales. Some real princesses were women who found themselves in circumstances they couldn’t control.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Alfhild, the daughter of the fifth-century Goth king Siward, was raised to be modest. She was so modest that she kept her face muffled in a robe to avoid the sight of her incredible beauty provoking any nearby men to go mad with lust.

#2

One day, Alf, the son of the Danish king Sigar, burst into Alfhild’s chamber. He killed the viper by tossing a red-hot piece of steel down its gullet. The snake he dispatched by more traditional means: a spear to the throat.

#3

Alfhild was a successful pirate, but she wasn’t unique. Other women, according to Saxo, abhored dainty living and traded their natural softness and light-mindedness for swords and weapons. They unsexed themselves, and went on to lead fleets of pirate ships.

#4

After the Battle of the Bridge, Alfhild returned to her royal life, and she and Alf had a daughter. However, the language used to describe her return is telling: she was made to change her male clothing and then was given to Alf.

#5

The story of Alfhild is a fairy tale that teaches us about early Scandinavian culture. It reinforces Christian gender norms, as Alfhild is modest and chaste but also handy with an axe and a sword.

#6

In 617, the emperor of China, Yangdi, ordered the arrest of General Li Yuan, who was suspected of being the next emperor. But when he fell under the threat of rebels, he was forced to rescind the command.

#7

Pingyang was a general in the rebel army that overthrew the emperor of China in 618. She was given the title of marshal, and her father was given the title of emperor. She died just five years later, most likely from illness or assassination.

#8

Pingyang was the PR-savvy warrior princess who helped make the Tang dynasty, which was the last great Chinese dynasty, happen. She was unique in that she was both a princess and a general.

#9

In 1976, Chinese archeologists uncovered the remarkably well preserved and unlooted tomb