This issue will always follow Disney and will be something they’ll struggle with whether they succumb to your argument or not. Granted this is, again, fault of the animation and the fact you really want to be able to point the Prince charming out in a crowd. Not everyone can have yummy cheekbones, match made in heaven love, or be the perfect manly man.
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Kesha, Nicki, movie stars, models.Īnd I love how I’ve yet to see anyone disregarding the men of Disney, well, Tangled and Frozen, at least. Hence her believability in the story.Īs for the princess part, I believe that girls already get enough from society princesses aren’t the main role model anymore. She is supposed to be the Sun to Elsa’ s ice. Servants, parents, yes, but no sister, no companionship. Beautiful but not someone you could compliment ans get a real reply.Īnna, however, is a child rebuked and had to spend her childhood alone and not knowing why. She is supposed to be perfect but untouchable, cold, distant. Thus, it’s good to see princesses who look like any other girl, so that today’s and tomorrow’s youth learn to accept less exaggerated, idealized looks as beautiful. Unfortunately, those standards are largely unattainable. Girls consider the princesses beautiful, and that becomes the problem–that the princesses become the standards for beauty. The idea is not so much to be the CGI characters as to acquire their charm. Furthermore, young girls idolize the princesses in the sense that they admire their beauty and grace. I was trying to emphasize that their bodies fit the traditional, thin Disney mold, though perhaps I wasn’t clear enough (thank you for pointing that out). I mentioned how I liked the sister-based plot instead of the prince-princcess scheme, and the model comment was made with the caveat that they could join the industry given that their height would be accepted. I don’t mean to sound defensive, but I believe we read the article differently. I agree with you that messy hair would be an added burden for the creators, but, in comparison to Anna who at least had messy hair when she woke up, Elsa seemed very Barbie-like. She especially likes math and computer science and thinks that more girls should give STEM subjects a try. She is a foodie, an aspiring writer, a fashion enthusiast, and a tech girl. Anika Mohindra is currently a high school sophomore from the Bay Area. Many young girls (and I speak from experience) idolize the Disney princesses, and if they are given better models, maybe-just maybe- some of our female empowerment struggles of the future can be alleviated. We don’t need to sit around waiting for “the one” we can get up and face life with frying pans, fiddles, or whatever weapons Disney comes up with next. Colder, yes, less romantic, definitely, but I think this is the way it ought to be. Instead of fainting and sinking into the arms of a muscular prince, the royal ladies now get dizzy and sink, well, tumble then sink, into snowdrifts. So maybe a Disney princess wouldn’t look so much like a Disney princess if her eyes were smaller, her waist were wider, her arms were fuller, and her hair were messier, but a new era has to begin sometime, right?Įven though I’m still miffed about the stereotypical princess image, I do commend Disney for crafting a story emphasizing the bond of sisters above that of a young girl and her Prince Charming. It’s about time Disney took their opinions into account. In fact, height-permitting, they could easily join the modeling industry.įor many years now, fans have been making alternate versions of princesses: athletic, plus-sized, and petite to name a few, along with girls with realistically-sized eyes and varied facial features. While I applaud Disney for giving Anna realistic qualities, I really wish the media behemoth would make princesses physically ordinary.Īnna and Elsa fit the Disney standard: white, thin, willowy girls whose waists are quite petite and arms are fragile-looking. On the other hand, Anna’s clumsy demeanor and goofy expressions are both endearing and relatable (she really reminds me of the wonderful Jennifer Lawrence). Her hair is too perfectly coiffed, her eyes are too made-up, and she’s simply too graceful. Yes, many of those qualities carry over to Princess Anna in Frozen, but Princess Elsa, her sister, is unfortunately a nod back to the quintessential dainty blondes such as Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Merida was spunky, independent, and *gasp* looked like a normal girl. I was convinced Brave was Disney’s reinvention.