{"id":166,"date":"2003-04-18T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2003-04-18T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=166"},"modified":"2003-04-18T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2003-04-18T17:00:35","slug":"well-i-guess-she-told-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2003\/04\/18\/well-i-guess-she-told-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, I guess she told me&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.ananova.com\/news\/story\/sm_771431.html?menu=\">&#8220;[Madonna] said she realised there was an opportunity [to write children&#8217;s books]<\/a> when reading stories to her first child, daughter Lourdes, adding: &#8216;Now I&#8217;m starting to read to my son, but I couldn&#8217;t believe how vapid and vacant and empty all the stories were.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;There were like no lessons, just all about princesses and like the beautiful prince arrives and he takes her for his wife and nothing happens, no efforts are made. 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