Princess Debate

I found this online and had to share it immediately. It pretty much sums up how I fee about Disney Princesses. Admittedly, I'm a hypocrite: even though I won't let Addison watch the movies I totally let her dress up like them... Click, or double click, the image to make it larger and actually readable. The only thing this is missing is Tinkerbell and with a quote summing up her sorry body image issues and her terribly bratty attitude.




I would like to note that I grew up watching Disney movies and seemed to turn out ok... but my girls are YEARS away from being allowed to partake in actual movie viewing.

And while I'm on the Disney movie subject, let's ruffle a few more feathers and discuss the lack of a mother figure in EVERY SINGLE DISNEY MOVIE, except Lion King (but his dad is brutally killed before his eyes), and Sleeping Beauty (but her parents have a spell put on her for the better portion of her life.) What's up with that???

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Anonymous said…
Disney is not known for it's roll model development skills that's for sure. The female characters that we grew up with where taken from classic folk tales and changed into codependent , shallow, self absorbed cartoons. It's sad and I don't have a daughter (yet) but I don't want to raise my son thinking that's the kind of girl/women that is desirable.
I remember reading the real "little mermaid" by Hans Christian Anderson as a older kid and it's completely different than the cartoon. All of the characters that you mentioned are Disney creations not original Disney characters. The original stories of the characters are very different from what Disney made them into.
Does Addie ask to watch those movies??
6:52 PM
sfitz said…
She doesn't really know about them to ask about them. I used to let them watch Peter Pan, but then was so disturbed but Tink's attitude and dress code (She show's her buns, albeit covered, when she bends over) that I took the movie away. I brought it back out not too long ago, but nope, still not ready for that. I didn't even know about there being real stories before the Disney Stories!
7:37 PM
Anonymous said…
Yes all of the characters you mentioned are from stories centuries old. Classic authors "The Brother Grimm," Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Anderson just to name a few. Some really amazing authors that would probably be devastated to see what their stories have been turned into. I love Peter Pan and I don't know if it's Disney but I just got Isaac Charlotte's Web (He loved it). You should definitely look into some of those authors I think you would like them.
8:31 PM
A. said…
I've seen this recently and totaly agree. I feel caught in between though, not willfully though, with TIm working for Disney. We get free passes, so why not go? I get a big discount at their store, and just bought them new pj's. So while I' hate promoting them in my house, sometimes it's jsut cheapest/easiest. Although, I told Kami she coudn't pick Jasmine or Ariel because of their immodesty. lol
We've let them watch Little Mermaid and Cinderella, but I took Little Mermaid away right away. Outright disobedience to her father, immodesty, sexuality... the list goes on.
This stuff is so hard to get away from too. Emblems on everthying!
9:31 PM
Hippo Brigade said…
So much to say about the Disney Princess Franchise. It's a disaster. No positive maternal influence, no emphasis on what's truly important in life, and too much of the sexiness and beauty stuff. Berlyn used to watch the movies, then I stopped showing them to her, but she's still infatuated with every single princess. I just keep reminding myself that's it's a passing phase. And it's my job to teach her how to be a strong, confident woman of God. And hopefully, over time, I think the princess glow will fade.
But it's always fun to dress up, and be girlie.
11:43 AM
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