February 2012
Anonymous asked: I just read your "Beauty and the Beast" review. And not to be rude or assume you don't have more interesting things to do with your life, but could you expand on it? I felt like you focused a lot on the imprisonment part and not on all of it like you do with some other reviews. i'm asking mainly because I always liked the fact that she actually does something (saves her father,...
ok so there is a cooode that I still haven’t gotten around to playing around with in my inbox (thanks for it btw! It’s not you, it’s me and my lazy butt for not getting on that) that will allow commentary to hoffentlich go below photographs on my main page, but the last reblog has a lot of REALLY GOOD CRITIQUE of this fat shaming campaign Disney helped foster. So if you...
rewatching some Lizzie McGuire episodes as I iron and fold….
eogjrterdgthejrjtthrt this show was SO PERFECT. SO PERFECT!!
And yes I will review [the episodes I have watched].
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duskdancermeow:
feministdisney:
for more on this subject, visit my post titled “The Disney Princess Identity.”
If you think I’m overly sensitive and everything problematic is completely canceled out by the non-specific inclusion of the “Ruling over a kingdom” option, it’s okay, let’s all skip the “go cry about it” commentary and you can take the Disney quiz here if you like, with no...
princesserinla asked: (Part 1 I have to send this in a few asks to fit!) I know this isn't Disney, but as Disney revolves mostly around fairy tales, I figure this might be relevant to your interests. Have you ever read/heard of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles? I don't know anyone else who's ever read them before, but I think you would really like them! It's a book series I used to read a ton when I...
alexszatkowski asked: Speaking of POCs in sitcoms, have you seen "Happy Endings"? I feel that the show is unusual for it's portrayal of African Americans. Not only is he married to a white woman (usually not seen in movies or tv) but the show almost never makes his race an issue, instead treating it as a simple fact. this is based off of only a few viewings (not a fan of the show for otherwise poor...
scyf asked: I would love there to be a disney movie with a protagonist with a mental illness. I would feel represented. To be honest, I don't even want the mental illness to be suddenly cured - not all disney movies are whimsical through and throuhg. do people forget the deaths? The nerve wrecking emotional scenes? Disney isn't all rainbows and bubblegum. I wish there was a disney movie showing...
Princess identities
waltdisneyconfessions:
Although it’s a nice thought, I think making a Disney Princess with cancer or any other potentially terminal illness is a really poor idea. It would be very difficult to make cancer ‘whimsical’ and ‘enchanting’ without being insulting to the millions of people who suffer from cancer and their familes who suffer right along with them. I think it would be very patronizing...
damnitdisney:
I have the best child interactions in Fantasyland.
Today, in Enchanted Chamber, a mom came in and bought a pink light up wand with a mirror at the end of it.
When I asked who it was for, a little boy came from behind the corner wearing a Sleeping Beauty shirt and tiara. She said, “that’s what he wants, so that’s what he gets, and that’s okay,” (as if I was going to challenge...
neuroticindecency asked: I was wondering but what is the new disney movie with the redhead? I thought it hadn't come out yet because I've seen no trailers but I see an awful loto f gifs floating around...
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THE NEW BRAVE TRAILER IS OUT! →
someextrastuff:
IT LOOKS AMAZINGGGGGGGGG!
interesting/no additional comment… yet. :P
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POC stereotyping in sitcoms... why can't you make...
I read an interesting piece about POC representation in Macleans yesterday titled, “Three stereotypes walk into a diner…are walking ethnic cliches better than no cliches in sitcoms?”
I don’t always like how Macleans discusses things, but I have to give them props for quoting some really good points from Marissa Lee in this piece so that there’s no way (IMO) you can...
sinofthemockingbird asked: Just started following (like a minute ago) and I loooooooove this blog already! Most of my friends tell me that I'm "over-thinking Disney" and I just need to stop thinking and enjoy it. It's SO GODDAMN FRUSTRATING because I get mad and can't articulate WHY I dislike Disney so much. I think I'll just direct them to your blog from now on :) Stay awesome!
thisshitisallracist:
whiskeylulla-by:
I am soooo tired of hearing about how racist the world is. I guess that’s what happens when you take Anthropology and Sociology in the same semester, but really? maybe if we quit talking about it, it would be less of a problem -___-
Not calling you racist but…
Please explain to me how if we as a collective were to stop talking about racism it would...
anatomicallyspeakingwithme asked: I know a lot of people have asked you to critique "Enchanted" a bunch of times already. You don't have to answer with a full blown analysis, but I was wondering if you could do a small blurb as to why you like it so much (I know there are some problematic issues within the movie, but you don't have to address those). (Gratuitous German aside for you aber ich mag deine Blog :) )
Feminist Disney: "To make money is our only... →
galaxycunt:
radfemruminations:
Fear the Mouse!
From a 1981 internal memo at Disney: “We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.” – Michael Eisner, Disney CEO (1984-2005)
Bob…
Sorry but, people are REALLY surprised? I mean really. It’s Disney.
I’m surprised it was...
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"To make money is our only objective.” – Michael...
radfemruminations:
Fear the Mouse!
From a 1981 internal memo at Disney: “We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.” – Michael Eisner, Disney CEO (1984-2005)
Bob Iger, Disney’s current CEO’s salary in 2010: $42, 528, 362. He is the 1%.
I googled that quote/context just to make...
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disneytrivia:
Lea Salonga was named a Disney Legend in 2011 for her work providing the singing voices of Princess Jasmine and Mulan.
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juliatastica asked: I guess I need to clarify my earlier question. I was trying to condense it because of the character limit on asks. Anyway, when I say male-centric comedy, I mean the sort of wacky buddy comedy formula most associated with Dreamworks, which usually features a lot of pop-cultural references and winks at the audience. Shrek is the prime example. I didn't quite say that, though, because I was...
waltdisneyconfessions:
“It’s a shame that children are growing up without the stories of Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Fox, and Br’er Bear. Song of the South is such a cute movie, there’s nothing racist about it.”
the one time I will ever pull out the phrase
You must be white
because what else can you say? Echoing what others have said, will say: even Disney thinks it’s racist.
Anonymous asked: Any thoughts on people who use abortion as a form of birth control?
Feminist Disney: "Just for the record" :discussion... →
kissmyarsenic:
kissmyarsenic:
I’m a feminist, but I’ve never understood the argument about porn exploiting women. I think Kimota-sage and I had this argument once and I slapped him lololol. Yeah that was wrong…but he said he didn’t even feel it. XD Needless to say, I think he’s reformed his opinion on the…
Ok, it was my mistake to say that consensual prostitution rarely occurs. Rather, I...
"Just for the record" :discussion of porn
everythingbutharleyquinn:
feministdisney:
kissmyarsenic:
I’m a feminist, but I’ve never understood the argument about porn exploiting women. I think Kimota-sage and I had this argument once and I slapped him lololol. Yeah that was wrong…but he said he didn’t even feel it. XD Needless to say, I think he’s reformed his opinion on the subject.
Anyway, if it is exploitative to women,...
“Social justice projects are not either/or endeavors where one can say, ‘We have...”
– Black Feminist Thought - Patricia Hill Collins (via mdevoe)
"Just for the record" :discussion of porn
kissmyarsenic:
I’m a feminist, but I’ve never understood the argument about porn exploiting women. I think Kimota-sage and I had this argument once and I slapped him lololol. Yeah that was wrong…but he said he didn’t even feel it. XD Needless to say, I think he’s reformed his opinion on the subject.
Anyway, if it is exploitative to women, it’s exploitative to men as well. But it doesn’t have...
roar-x asked: hello there! I lovelovelove your blog, and it's inspired me to write a paper for my first year women's studies class on heteronormativity/negative queer coding in Disney movies :) I asked my prof, but I can't use your blog as an academic source even though I really want to :( so I was wondering, do you have any recommendations for other sources on the topics you write about? Thanks!...
ribcagerebel asked: [another response to maggot, but really just for your pleasure] fucking seriously? a film with gay characters won't appeal to masses? DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT FANDOM IS?! [not to mention that wonderful lesbian disney thing going around]
Anonymous asked: When I found out that the two "cousins" characters in the dub were not originally cousins in the original show I thought it was hilarious because they were just too close to be just cousins. So in the dub version the two ended up looking like incestous lesbians and not just lesbians, which is not the way they want to look. The dub version also turned a male character into a female...
Gender Marketing Mashup
peacockharpy:
feministdisney:
Saw this on Feministing- the “Gendered Advertising Remixer,” here. “Just how gendered are children’s toy commercials? See what happens when you remix them.” (-Feministing)
Unfortunately, my computer’s software is too old or something to allow me to run it, but you should check it out because it definitely looks like a very interesting and quick experiment to...
“I think we can all recognize that the “it’s a joke excuse” is the most...”
– Loose Talk: You can take your “just joking” and shove it. (via shitkrieg)
I will always reblog this when I can.
(via racemash)
bisexualnotbiromantic asked: In reference to the Sailor Moon post: I don't think it hurts anyone to know it, either. I just remembered that and I didn't understand love or sexuality when I was that young. I just knew that people could love each other and that my best friend had two grandmothers on the same side of the family. I also would've preferred that the dub hadn't changed it.
Anonymous asked: About the Sailor Moon having lgbt characters, in the dub (what most American kids watched) they changed them to cousins. However, even at the tender age of 5 or 6 I knew there was more to them than that. Cousins never seemed to fit, and I saw them the same way I saw Serena and Darien. That never broke my fragile little mind or sent me into a mental breakdown, so I highly doubt having CANONLY gay...
Gender Marketing Mashup
Saw this on Feministing- the “Gendered Advertising Remixer,” here. “Just how gendered are children’s toy commercials? See what happens when you remix them.” (-Feministing)
Unfortunately, my computer’s software is too old or something to allow me to run it, but you should check it out because it definitely looks like a very interesting and quick experiment to run.
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damn I wasn’t even done with that reply, meant to draft it but I guess I hit queque!
But anyhow are you all impressed with how many times this week I have written “regardless” instead of “irregardless”? I have to check myself every time but I have been super on top of it!*
*for all my readers who hated me forever for loving to use the word...
Anonymous asked: I get constantly battered about what my sexuality is, even though I can't really answer that question myself. Gay marriage was just legalized in my state but I could never hope to get my childhood reverend to perform the ceremony, if I chose to marry another woman. And to top it all off once I DO figure out what my sexuality is I'm going to have to figure out a way to tell my family...
Anonymous asked: On LGBT characters not being popular with a mainstream audience: people seem to forget Brokeback Mountain and Queer as Folk, which had a mostly heterosexual audience. If you say they're different because they targeted adults, then explain the insane popularity of Sailor Moon, which was made for kids and featured several LGBT characters. Really, most people don't care who a character...