White”, “Beauty and the Beast”, and as you get old you might know more stories like “Romeo and Juliet”. When you are small you dream for experiencing love like in those stories, and even if you do realize that it is impossible to magically meet a princess or price, many still desire the romantic encounter with someone. Though, is that love? Or is it that act of loving just occurring in your own fantasy world that you have created? “Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” Jean Paul…
Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato became the face of the Disney empire, which propelled them to stardom. Miley Cyrus is the daughter of ‘90s country star Billy Ray Cyrus, Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Demi Lovato started out as a child actor on Barney & Friends, now she is also an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Disney created an image for Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato as role models for a younger generation, as a result of growing up both…
I chose to revise “Cinderella” because the power of female beauty and the presence of female passivity as a component of beauty has found its way into modern culture and it has warped society’s perspective of females. Cinderella’s impact on growing girls is enormous because it is the biggest of the three “Big Girl Tales” and it is embedded in the heart of our culture in regards to how little girls should grow to view themselves (Thomas, Tammis). The subliminal impacts of “Cinderella” on the…
What makes a Disney Princess a Disney Princess? Who decides which princesses are the “Classic” princesses and therefore being forever crowned in THE Disney Princesses club? But I believe that there is an unjust system in picking these childhood role models, and these prejudice choices cause some princesses to be crumbled up, thrown away and never to be given a second thought on why you don’t see them on your lunchboxes, backpacks, shirts, glasses, video games, bedspreads and so much more! I WANT…
Disney princess movies emphasizes a lot on beauty. For these Disney princess characters, beauty is the key towards happiness. With their good looks and only that, they are able to find future husbands. Disney portrays female characters as being only useful for their good looks and nothing else. They demonstrate it as princesses aren't able to live their life without men. That men are there to marry a pretty looking woman. We examined three different Disney princess movies and took notes of the…
From a simple trip to Kansas, the stories unfold as the writer of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz brings the fantasized world to life. The tail of a writer that takes ordinary things and reforms them to a mystical object that forms a story read by many. Frank L. Baum from a family of love and works his way to the top of books and the loving father to his family. Despite people who do not like the book, the writer has become famous for his classic Story. The writer of the Wonderful Wizard Of Oz was a…
Doe Deere is one of those creative people that comes along once in a blue moon. She is the self appointed unicorn queen that is also the CEO of a very colorful beauty company named Lime Crime. Their wild palette of colors are also very whimsical and cruelty free. Some people like to play by the rules. Doe Deere is one woman that believes in breaking free of a few rules to really reveal the beauty inside of you. Her makeup line is definite proof of her love for wild and whimsical colors that…
animation was revolutionary and changed the direction of other films in the upcoming years. The tale has a close similarity with the generic sleeping beauty story tale. The fairy tale revolves around a princess trapped in a castle guarded by a vile dragon and not so righteous hero which must save the princess in order to reclaim the ownership of his swamp. The film follows under multiple ideologies and perspectives that are predominated throughout the film. Analyzing the film through a…
and she was portrayed as a cookie cutter-house wife who happily handles all domestic responsibilities for the seven dwarves. For example, Snow White has a marked, strong desire to clean the dwarves’ home. Upon walking into their home for the first time, she exclaims, “you’d think their mother would clean!” and while the dwarfs are away, she joyfully cleans while singing, accompanied by her forest animal friends (). By 16, she has already naturally embodied a motherly role to both the dwarves…
Over the years, young girls all over the world have fallen in love with the princess culture. Peggy Orenstein, a contributing author for the New York Times, writes about her strong feelings on how princesses have adverse effects on children in her article, “Cinderella and Princess Culture.” The author does not see princesses as just a passing interest for young girls, but as a leading reason for their self-confidence issues. Orenstein wants to make sure that the generations of girls to come…