Princess Ozma

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…

Secondly, Europeans appealed to their own ethnocentric imaginations by portraying Pocahontas as an intermediary between the two civilizations of English settlers and Indians. The most popular portrayal of Pocahontas comes through the Disney movie, where she rescues John Smith, therefore joining the Indians and English together as one people. Although there is some truth behind the story of her interacting with the English, European explorers and writers used their ethnocentric imaginations,…

Princess Mononoke was an anime film produced in 1997 by Hayao Miyazaki. The movie is set in the late Muromachi Period around 1336 to 1573 in Japan. In modern day, there are many issues over nature and how humans affect it. In Princess Mononoke, these issues have turned into recurrent themes such as humanity, nature, and the effect of humans on nature. These themes are evident throughout characters and images presented in the movie. In this film all of the characters are very complex, like…

The article "Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect" was written by Stephanie Hanes for the Christian Science Monitor on October 3, 2011. Hanes felt the need to address this subject due to the increase of Disney Princesses in children 's media, toys and on clothes, as well as the growing sexualization of young girls. She argues whether or not the media and the Disney Princess Empire have a negative effect on the increasing sexualization of young girls. This article can be…

They did this in order for children in today’s generation to connect and relate more to their characters. Merida from Brave was one of the first princesses that broke the ideal Disney princess image and concept. Merida wears absolutely no makeup, has red, frizzy, unruly hair, and does not have the body of a normal princess. Merida does not care about her appearance, and she shows this by being a wild, ambitious women who chooses to rebel against the stereotypical principles of pure beauty…

of being a princess, I found this quote by the American author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teens and adults, Meg Cabot. Dainty, delicate, submissive, proper, snobby, and multiple other terms come to mind when thinking of what it takes to be a princess. Surrounded by the media and images, young girls are vulnerable to societies social construction of princesses. Dressing in gowns, wearing tiaras, playing with makeup, just to generally make themselves feel “pretty like a princess”. In…

Media's Effects: Child to Adult In today's culture young girls all across the world are growing up in very different situations; yet, one thing is always a constant, men being the superior. Katha Pollitt, an award- winning writer for magazines such as The Nation and New York Times, discusses how this divide between men and women shown by the media is critical in the upbringing of today’s youth. From princesses always needing saved to the cute little bunny with pink bows in the background these…