Peggy Orenstein

Peggy Orenstein
Orenstein speaks on Boys & Sex at Town Hall Seattle in 2020
Orenstein speaks on Boys & Sex at Town Hall Seattle in 2020
BornNovember 22, 1961
Minneapolis, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOberlin College
GenreNon-fiction
Spouse
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(m. 1991)​
ChildrenDaisy Tomoko
Website
peggyorenstein.com

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,[1] 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".[2] She is Jewish.

Writing

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In books and magazine articles Orenstein writes about the politics of everyday life, usually relating to gender. Her book Schoolgirls discussed 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 described teenage sexual behavior, sexualized media, and hookup culture, calling for healthier, open dialogue between parents and children and expanded positive-based sex and relationship education in schools. She has also written about breast cancer and the limits of mammographic screening and early detection.[3]

Recognition

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Orenstein has been named by the Columbia Journalism Review one of "40 women who changed the media business in the past 40 years".[4]

She has also been recognized by the Council on Contemporary Families for her "Outstanding Coverage of Family Diversity.”[4]

She has received two “Books for a Better Life” awards.[4]

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.[4]

She was the recipient of fellowships from the United States-Japan Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council.[4]

Selected works

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  • SchoolGirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Confidence Gap. New York: Random House, 1994. ISBN 9780385425766, OCLC 475227709
  • Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Kids, Love and Life in a Half-Changed World. New York: Anchor Books, 2001. ISBN 9780385498876, OCLC 473835765
  • Waiting for Daisy. New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. ISBN 9781596912106, OCLC 192169835
  • Cinderella Ate My Daughter. New York: Harper, 2012. ISBN 9780061711534, OCLC 808058076
  • Girls & Sex. New York: Harper, 2016. ISBN 9780062209740, OCLC 974491998[3][5]
  • Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life. Harper Paperbacks, 2018. ISBN 978-0-06-268890-3, OCLC 1023574411
  • Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity. 2020. ISBN 978-0062666970

References

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  1. ^ Orenstein, Peggy (December 24, 2006). "What's Wrong With Cinderella?". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "The divine sisterhood". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Orenstein, Peggy (March 29, 2016). "'Girls & Sex' And The Importance Of Talking To Young Women About Pleasure". National Public Radio. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e Orenstein, Peggy (2020). "About Peggy". Peggy Orenstein. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Holbrook, Sharon (March 29, 2016). "Parents need to talk to their daughters about the joys of sex, not just the dangers". Washington Post. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
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