Disney Princess

Disney movies would not be so popular if they did not reflect or at least relate to the social views or issues of our community. Additionally, the myths and stories we are exposed to as children can influence our values and thus our impact on society as we age. Through my continued love of Disney, especially into adulthood, I have noticed changes in the stories and in the character development between the older classic films and the modern day marvels. An example of this is how Aurora, the title…

Since the conception of Disney, Disney has maintained a consistent canon that expresses traditional forms of gender; from its debut release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to its box office hit Frozen (2013). These films tend to have female protagonists, following their journey into adulthood vis-à-vis the idea of “love.” It was not until 2006 when Disney began to collaborate with Pixar to create films that challenge traditional notions of gender within a progressive society—shifting…

from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination", takes on the task of dissecting three Disney films to find out what impression they are leaving on young female viewers. She has come to the conclusion that part of the problem lies with Walt Disney, and the company he built, who was very controlling over the material that went into the children's films that the company produced; she believes that this controlling attitude mixed with the imagination and creativity that Disney films are…

animated movies of Walt Disney. The truth is that when I was growing up I never saw a princess that look like me other than Pocahontas or Aladdin and we all know they weren’t even Hispanic. The only relationship I had with those princesses was the language since my mother would often buy me the Spanish version movies. Although, that was 13 years ago, there hasn’t been a change, well based on my results. I showed my 6-year-old neighbor a picture with a list of pictures of all the Disney…

Abstract: Disney released its first princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the year 1930 and since have produced various others which have been a major part of popular culture in the West and gradually all over the world. This research aims to study how these movies represent the social conditions, especially for women, in those respective eras. The objective of this research is to point out these developments and understand and urge future story tellers, film makers and artists to…

Infographic Female Representation in Disney throughout the Years and its Influence on Children There have been many arguments that Disney’s representation of women has a huge influence on children’s perception of women, beauty and society. Disney has a very strategic syntagm of how they produce animated movies featuring princesses. The educational infographic I decided to make has several purposes. The most important message that I tried to implement in my design is that Disney represents…

Moana at the cinema with my friends. Prior to watching this movie, I thought this was like a classic Disney movie with a princess theme and a love interest. Yet this movie has proved me wrong and it was truly one of the most unique and remarkable movie Disney has made. Unlike many Disney movie, this movie does not have a very fantasy theme nor does the main character has skinny Barbie like most Disney princesses have, but yet it focuses on a girl’s rites of passage and the brave story of hers to…

What if Disney princesses had realistic waistlines? Well, they would look pretty fab. No doubt about it. Buzzfeed’s Loryn Brantz decided to digitally edit six famous Disney ladies — Ariel (“The Little Mermaid”), Pocahontas (“Pocahontas”), Jasmine (“Aladdin”), Belle (“Beauty and the Beast”), Aurora (“Sleeping Beauty”) and Elsa (“Frozen”) — to show what the cartoon heroines would look like if they had more realistic physical proportions. After all, since these characters are supposed to represent…

unaware of? Disney, a popular industry for children’s movies and television, has been proven to both positively and negatively affect the development of a child. Walt Disney has severely impacted multiple generations with movies which spread both morals and oppression. The positive effects of these movies are generally overlooked due to the recurring themes of sexism and racism throughout the Disney media. California State University Northridge goes into extreme depth discussing what Disney…

remember growing up and watching Disney movies as a child? By inspiring children and adults all over the world, Disney is trying to recapture the magic once made by Walt Disney by turning many of the movies in to live action movies, but it has not worked. I think this approach is to sell more of the movies with little to no thought but it is also affecting how young one’s view life and imagination in general. The magic I remember is watching a very beautiful princess singing to birds and…