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Peggy Orenstein

Peggy Orenstein
Peggy Orenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of Boys & Sex, Don’t Call Me Princess, Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Waiting for Daisy, Flux, and Schoolgirls. A frequent contributor to the New York Times, she has written for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, AFAR, the New Yorker, and other publications, and has contributed commentary to NPR’s All Things Considered and The PBS NewsHour. She lives in Northern California.


Sheep Shearing in the 21st Century: Craft or Career?

Peggy Orenstein on the Challenges and Changes to Contemporary Agricultural Work
January 24, 2023  By Peggy Orenstein
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The Trouble with Boys: On Masculinity in the Age of Trump

Peggy Orenstein Talks to Teenagers about Sexuality, Consent, and Harassment
February 26, 2018  By Peggy Orenstein
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