(They're cherry-picking. Mulan is an example of an ass-kicking Disney Princess)
And Belle has more assets than her sexuality! She reads books! And is kind to teacups!
Mal ,'Safe'
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(They're cherry-picking. Mulan is an example of an ass-kicking Disney Princess)
And Belle has more assets than her sexuality! She reads books! And is kind to teacups!
Disney Princesses Deconstructed
(They're cherry-picking. Mulan is an example of an ass-kicking Disney Princess)
Also, that's a severe misreading of Beauty and the Beast, for both Belle and Beast. I got no gripe at all with the deconstructions of the earlier princesses (though, oh, God, is the artwork and animation in Snow White just ravishingly beautiful).
(The Boy Who Broke My Heart, years ago, worked for a game company in LA designing an adventure game with a female lead, and got to see all the initial sketches submitted by various LA-area artists. One was a very, very elderly man who had worked on Snow White; TBWBMH said the style could not possibly have been more wrong for a game character, but that it was also the most beautiful drawing he'd ever seen.)
Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots is our favorite princess book.
(They're cherry-picking. Mulan is an example of an ass-kicking Disney Princess)
You know, for some reason that I don't get, Mulan isn't a Disney Princess. It's Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, and ...
I take that back. Apparently Mulan and Pocahontas *are* included, but you rarely see them on princess stuff.
And if you are allergic to princesses, here is a link of anti-princess feminist books for girls: [link]
It's funny - I hate Pochahantas with the burning of a thousand suns, but don't mind the Princesses.
I *love* Pippi Longstocking and Harriet the Spy. I read those books a lot as a child.
Pip, Ramona, and Harriet were my standbys. Also Sally J. Freedman and Penelope Pitstop.
I was anti-princess when I was a kid. I wonder what it says about me that my favorite fairy tale was the one about the flounder.