Sleeping Woman

Many parents, when cleaning the house or completing other work, place their children in front of the TV and put on a movie. But what subliminal messages are being sent to the children which parents may be 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…

Of all the movies in the world, Disney films top the most untiring movies to watch. One can’t easily feel tired of watching a Disney film even after a hundred times—that’s how much people love Disney. It’s hard to let (it) go. One thing that’s also difficult to outgrow, especially for the ladies, is our adoration for Disney Princesses. READ: Check Out These Priceless Illustrations of Disney Princesses Standing Up for Their Rights I remember catching myself dreaming of Cinderella’s pretty face,…

Tomm Moore brings yet another beautifully depicted animation of his background story to life in his film Song of the Sea, which tells a story of Ben, a young boy, and his sister Saoirse about their adventure on the Emerald isle in Ireland. The story entrances the audience with it’s visual effects that were hand drawn, and captivating details about different types of Irish legends and creatures which make this film a very moralistic and gratifying experience. Oscar nominated, Award winning…

over-protective mother in the story “Once Upon a Mattress,” a version of the fairytale Princess and the Pea. The Princess and the Pea is a story about a prince who is looking to marry, but he will only marry the most sensitive woman that he can find, because only the most sensitive woman is a true princess. This story has been adapted by many authors and filmmakers. Hans Christian Anderson was the first author, his story was originally published May 8, 1835. His story was quite short and…

All young girls dream of being royalty. Kindergarten fantasies consist of glitter, tiaras, and undoubtedly a handsome prince. “Cinderella and Princess Culture” written by Peggy Orenstein and “The Princess Paradox” written by James Poniewozik are two articles that compare fairytale life to the real world, analyzing the purpose of princesses in today’s society. While both authors use feministic points of view to convey how being exposed to princesses impacts a child’s future, Peggy Orenstein…

Deborah Ross, in her essay "Escape 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…

On February 4, 1938, the first ever Disney Princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered, taking in over $1.6 billion when accounting for inflation. This single movie was the first in a series of movies that would redefine a portion of every young girls' life. Today, almost each and every girl goes through something called the “princess” phase, in which they become completely obsessed with everything to do with the Disney princesses. This obsession comes in many forms, including an…

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…

Natali Petriashvili 03.12.15 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…

daughters with different temperaments end up with opposite outcomes. One of the folklore motifs that appears in this wonder tale is the meeting of beautiful younger daughter and the fairy disguises as a poor beggar woman. (Lang 164). The fairy first disguises herself as a poor beggar woman in order to test her if she has good manners and kind attitude. This motif embodies is the use of deception in a good way, whereas it displays the true nature of the good in the younger sister. As a reward,…