February 2012
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Went to Sea Life today. Child1, on why he wants a shark but actually he doesn’t:
“You would have to fill the whole house up with water, if you had a shark. And I also want a dog- and well, you know, the dog would eat the shark poop! So actually I wouldn’t want one”
It’s probably true but that wouldn’t be my first reason not to get a shark
“Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are...”
re: that last reblog
sugarncyanide:
feministdisney:
cryoftheancients:
I was just talking to my brother about this last night. He was telling me something about something he’d found that talked about all these “hidden” sexual innuendos in cartoons. We got to the subject of the Powerpuff Girls and the Mayor’s assistant, Sara Bellum, who was supposed to be the “brains” of the operation (cerebellum). Remember her?
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re: that last reblog
cryoftheancients:
I was just talking to my brother about this last night. He was telling me something about something he’d found that talked about all these “hidden” sexual innuendos in cartoons. We got to the subject of the Powerpuff Girls and the Mayor’s assistant, Sara Bellum, who was supposed to be the “brains” of the operation (cerebellum). Remember her?
Yeaaaaaah.
It was at this point...
Oh Gothel...
feministdisney:
“No,” replied Gothel; “Why do you ask?”
Article via the Guardian: America’s $88 billion anti-aging industry: dangerous with no scientific backing
Piece on Sociological Images: “Baby Lips”: Thanks for the Infantilization, Maybelline
“The Double Standard of Aging” by Susan Sontag on Media Watch (published in 1979… how slow things are to change!)
“[Women] can let themselves...
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ok so I have no idea how factual this article is and I don’t really care b/c that isn’t the point (I uh, clicked on it b/c I thought it was about real housewives shows, not… fake real housewives… heh). THis line struck me (and was funny):
“And in an apparent bid to determine if one potential juror knew that ABC was owned by Disney, Baute asked “Do you associate...
I appreciate the heads up and things but please don’t submit to my inbox when it is closed in the future! (using fanmail to send non “fan mail”) It’s kind of weird to turn it off because I feel stressed out from all the messages, and then log on and find I have 7… messages. Just wait… it won’t be closed forever :P
“When you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore...”
– Jamie Raskin - who is now a senator in Maryland and served as floor manager of the recently passed bill allowing same sex marriage. (via abaldwin360)
BOOM.
(via tehblackbirdisincognito)
EFFING A, MAN. THIS. (via spastasmagoria)
okay y'all know i love disney but...
mia-the-wonder-slut:
ewsua321:
can they make a plus size princess por favor?
Fuck ‘plus size.’ I want a FAT princess.
while I understand the sentiment of wanting that, I’d like to point out that the original post had tags that made it clear (or at least, clear to me?) that the OP was using a term they use for themselves/they want to see their size represented more? It’s okay...
okay y'all know i love disney but...
ewsua321:
can they make a plus size princess por favor?
golden-zephyr:
caprile:
So maybe I went overboard. But excuse me for speaking my true mind. Shit just gets taken so freakin personally these days. TIS A PERSONAL BLOG, geddit? Meaning = you dont like what I write, then….kindly fuck off?
Anyway. I kind of enjoyed all that hate. Please keep it coming. So amusing.
When you slander my ethnic group with your “true mind” excuse ME for getting...
softlikestone-deactivated201202 asked: Hello! Let me just say straight up that I LOVE your blog. It is incredibly eye opening and inspiring! Now for my sort of query (not Disney related, but): what are your thoughts on the gender binary differences between men's and women's fitness magazines? My parents subscribe to their respective, gender based mags and I've grown up reading both worlds. It struck me how much more...
Anonymous asked: I'm sure you've written about it, but I was just curious why you like Enchanted so much. I've looked through pages in your blog, but I can't seem to find anything where you talk about specifics.
penny-anna asked: Re Muslim superheroes: I believe the character is question is Dust/Sooraya Qadir, one of the X-Men. I'm not a comics person either but I gather she wears hijab that is repeatedly misidentified as a burqa.
onmytippietoes asked: This isn't Disney, but I was wondering about your opinion on this quote "Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact."- Honore de Balzac? Would be interested to hear your thoughts! Love your blog, always interesting and informative :) x
Site Slow Down
turned off my inbox for now- there’s just too much, it’s nearing 100. As much as I appreciate that people want to know my opinion about basically everything, I just don’t have time, and a lot of these questions or statements have honestly already been on my blog multiple times even when they don’t relate to Disney. Use the Has this been asked before button to check!...
schakall asked: It's very "interesting" when people think that Europeans only discovered there were other races besides caucasian during the XIX century. Mediterranean Europe, Asia and Africa have been in constant exchanged since always, and maybe Europeans didn't know about the existence of all the billion of races there are, but they knew there were MANY people who weren't white.
boja asked: Correction to first ask submission: Part of culture is that women are pressured to "compensate" or "pay" with sex, or that sex is expected of them for their male partner AND men are forced into/taught an idea that they should be wanting/expecting sex out of intimate (e.g. non-casual) relationships and reinforcing the idea that this doesn't have to rule anyone.
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QUILTBAG comic: not recommended
TW: trans* pejorative
do any of ya’ll follow the webcomic QUILTBAG? I do and rather wish I didn’t… I was drawn in by its predecessor, Penny and Aggie, and when that comic switched artists it became clear that former artist (Giselle) must have really been pulling the strings because the “writer” can’t write a clear storyline to save his life.
But, I digress...
"Feminism [fem-uh-niz-uhm] (n)"
pixelatedreality:
Let’s redefine it, shall we?
Feminism strives for the empowerment of women in the midst of a patriarchal society. In recent years, feminism has branched off into many divisions ranging from the mild to the extreme. Society knows us as “bra-burners” and “men-bashers.” Many of us (not all!) are really just seekers of gender equality and fundamentally believe in the creation of a...
thisshitisallracist:
livingwithendo:
chaosviper replied to your post: my life is full of bad ideas
I don’t take offense to things that aren’t supposed to be taken seriously
BUT IT IIIIIIIIISSSSS
so many people tell me im ‘not really native’ because i dont look like fucking disneyhontas. im just… igh. that entire movie just kills me. i get to hear all sorts of delightful slurs, get to be...
peonae asked: Muslim characters. You have Faiza Hussain(excallibur), Sooraya Qadir, Veil/Desert Sword from Earth 616. You also have an arabic made superhero comic called THE 99. Otherwise try to search on "muslim characters in comics" on google and check out the first link. The website is called adherents. If I could I could link you guys to it but it's not possible to do so in an ask. Hope that...
Anonymous asked: I have a question, maybe not to you personaly but since you have a great many followers I though this would be a good portal. This might be a bit weired but it's thoughs as this that get stuck in my head. If there would be a female, muslim superhero with hjiab and the hijab would tear in a fight. What would be a realisic behavior from the character?
rawrglicious asked: I honestly feel like it's hard to read that quote in a positive light. The addition of the word "Sweetie" makes it seem really condescending and kinda preachy.
ladyoflate replied to your photo: Cinderella clarified her position on her lack of…
They really had to choose the ONE princess where losing an article of clothing is integral to the story, didn’t they.
LOL!
Anonymous asked: "Sweetie, if Cinderella can find her Prince Charming without taking off her clothes, so can you." While this reeks of slut-shaming, I think an alternate meaning is, "Don't have sex with someone whom you don't really want to have sex with just so xe will love you," which I find to be a positive message. Don't submit to pressure to have sex. Don't believe in...
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"Sweetie, if Cinderella can find her Prince...
gunugy:
why would
you reblog this without commentary???
that’s really unlike something you’d do, feministdisney i hope
it was a mistake
omg… my face just blushed so hard. Yeah. I hit a key near my left hand when I was replying to it and didn’t realize for 2 minutes that it had actually caused the blog to post rather than just re-directing me to my main page without posting....
auberginebreeze asked: Another contribution to the native discussion. I am native, raised on a reserve, and there is no such thing as native culture or native spirituality; even in just north america, we are SO diverse. also if you're not a member of a particular nation, you probably won't be accepted into their religious/spiritual communities. there aren't really any converts, at least in my nation. and...
team-artemis-deactivated2013012 asked: Can I contribute to the Native discussion? I think its kind of crappy to just say "natives" and "native spirituality", first of all. There are so many different native peoples on different continents. They don't all fall under one way of life and religion. Second, I study American Indian history and generally, the religion that is followed by most groups is specifically...
Anonymous asked: The family tree digging revealed that while he and his children and his parents had cousins that were almost totally descended from Native Americans, the 'blood line' had completely passed him, and he was 100% French Canadian. (tbc)
kuroshimaruswaifu asked: Your post on the de-empethization of female characters and Princesses in a male-dominated move got me thinking about a video game called Final Fantasy X. It's not related to Disney but I think it is relevant to the concept. The plot of the game that there is a terrible monster called Sin that pops up every decade or so and periodically wrecks havoc on the world. People called Summoners are...
greypoppies asked: You don't have to bother with answering this, I'm just delighted to find someone else who loves Enchanted. So little attention is paid to it but I love it so much!
like--wildfire asked: In world religions class at school we learned about natives and native sprituality, and I thought it was very interesting. and I was wondering if 1, it would be okay if I really wanted to visit a native reserve and went there, and 2, if it was disrespectful to practice native spirituality if one is not native. I'm not planning to, I'm just curious. Hope these questions don't seem...
insanepoet9 asked: Your Lizzie McGuire critique is fabulous. I also liked the idea that Gordo, though in love with Lizzie, never becomes a "Nice Guy." He doesn't rant to his buddies that he's nice and Lizzie is a terrible person, and, toward the end, he's more concerned with telling Lizzie rather than shaming her for her possible lack of feelings. I don't know; I just thought that was...
augh bed time nooo
ich muss ins bett gehennnn
WARUM MUSS ISH SCHLAFE? ich will …”to blog”. Bis morgen :P
"But Why Can't I Wear A Hipster Headdress?" →
msleahhbic:
I’m looking at YOU- girl wearing “Navajo” patterns from Urban Outfitters
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice
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howcloseis asked: '(example to think about: I can’t remember ever seeing a “inspirational teacher turns around a class of inner city black kids” movie where the teacher wasn’t white.)' While this is an excellent point, I would recommend "To Sir, With Love", which is just such a film. While not perfect (major slut-shaming involved), it is a classic film & focuses on...
Anonymous asked: Actually, Gordo/Lizzie totally happened. :-P
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Lizzie McGuire: kisses, culture, and being friends...
So this is a tv review, which I haven’t ever *officially* done before. I’ll go episode by episode, but since I did watch this show growing up, my review is going to have some inherent bias. My kids, if/when I have them, will probably learn to hate the internet because they’ll be like “Can we watch the show Offensive Magical Native Stereotype on tv?” And I’ll...
princess-katnip asked: At work the other day I had a really disturbing question/joke aimed at me. A month ago I burned most of the bottom of my right forearm on a flat grill at work. It didn't get proper treatment (boss's fault) and thus it left a scar. Well, a regular customer came in, saw it, and, in a joking tone, asked "What happened to your arm, did your husband beat you?" And began laughing. I...
