Found last week by my helpful friend @AtDisneyAgain at the Epcot Art of Disney… these things.
Can we just take a minute and look at what is actually going
on here? These Princesses are sickly,
pasty white, unhealthily skinny, and look positively drugged out of their
minds. They look terrible. Ariel is even posing in a “sexy” position
that no one would position themselves in otherwise, thrusting her chest out
while her hip and rib bones jut out. Not
a hint of a smile is on any of them, and their cheeks are highlighted with what
could either be abstract blush or more visible cheekbones from not eating. Toothpick arms, heavily caked on makeup, I
could go on.
Does this disturb anyone else? The fact that any woman is
ever posed or portrayed like this is unnerving, let alone in a Disney park
where young guests are susceptible to this kind of imagery. It reminds me of the kind of thing you would
see in models for adult clothing brands to shock you into noticing their
clothes.
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| Not completely coherent, expressionless, pale. (See Link A) |
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| Not even remotely coherent, awkward positioning, bony (See Link B) |
You can make the argument that this is an art store, and
artists often take liberty with their subjects.
But it’s the fact that it is in a Disney park, as if Disney is endorsing
such images, that makes this damaging.
This is that line that I discussed in the Sexy Minnie post, and it has
once again been crossed. With the media
already doing its part to shake girls’ self-esteem and ideas of acceptable body
images, would you want your daughter looking up to Princesses that look like
this?
Link A
Link B
Both links today taken from Sociological Images, another site I recommend if you'd like to explore sociology a little deeper. They have a few Disney related posts that I don't completely agree with but are interesting to examine nonetheless.
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