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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one of those things that bothered me as a childless observer but stopped bothering me as a mom who saw the totality of these girls’ interests and experiences.

Also, watch Brave.  Brave and Mulan are my two favorite disney princess movies.  But I think we can also give a shout out to Snow White, who was a kind and forgiving person who maintained a positive attitude despite significant life setbacks and also displayed remarkably little ageism or abilityism — how many medieval nobles would be willing to sweep the floor for a household of little people? Sure, she didn’t save herself but isn’t there a quiet  heroism in maintaining your dignity, kindness and tolerance in a world that is set up to deprive you of agency over your own future?  Just a thought….

The Rapunesel story is the one that really creeps me out with the demonized mother figure.  And Beauty and the Beast because the Beast clearly has deep seated anger control issues and is probably emotionally or physically abusing her before their fifth wedding anniversary.  But the yellow dress is pretty and I like her hair.[/quote]

You may like this article, PP. https://medium.com/@gbailen/disney-princesses-ranked-from-least-to-most-feminist-5addd29141b0[/quote]

Interesting. I was wondering why PP hadn't mentioned badass Moana![/quote]

I’m PP and I love Moana!  I never really think of her as a Princess because I think disney hasn’t marketed her as part of the Princess clique for merch?  Anyway she’s great and my kids are SUPER sick of my rendition of “I thought I could be the perfect daughter but I come back to the water….”  (Which I accompany with expressive dance moves). It’s like Let It Go all over again.  
It’s funny because I grew up in the pre-Princess 70s, so wasn’t particularly interested in this, and thought the pink Princess obsession of the late 80s and early 90s was a weird monarch fetish propagated by Disney.  I mean, I can get behind a nice ballgown, but why does it have to come with a hereditary system of non-democratic governance?  But I do love a good Disney movie with a toe tapping theme song.  [/quote]

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