My Life Of Being A Princess

The author writes “Maybe princesses are in fact a sign of progress, an indication that girls can embrace their predilection for pink without compromising strength or ambition; that, at long last, they can ''have it all.'' Or maybe it is even less complex than that: to mangle Freud, maybe a princess is sometimes just a princess” (Orenstein). Peggy Orenstein is a feminist author with a young daughter obsessed with everything pink and princess, she struggles to find positives from this “princess culture” but realizes that sometimes a princess can just be a princess. Possibly there is no deeper meaning other than being something magical and fun for young girls to enjoy. One common theme in all of the princess movies is good overcomes evil. They show children the pure hearts of the princesses and how to be kind and loving. Andy Mooney, head of the company answered this when asked about “princess culture” and role models “The girl passes through. I see girls expanding their imagination through visualizing themselves as princesses, and then they pass through that phase and end up becoming lawyers, doctors, mothers or princesses, whatever the case may be. ''Mooney has a point: There are no studies proving that playing princess directly damages girls' self-esteem or dampens other aspirations” (Orenstein). Girls are able to preserve their innocence by believing in the magic that comes along

In Peggy Orenstein’s article, “What's wrong with Cinderella?” she discusses the problems with princesses. The first problem being that princess merchandise is everywhere. Orenstein writes about when she took her daughter to the dentist and once the check-up was over, her daughter got a princess sticker. Princesses are embedded into a child’s everyday life, making a “princess” more of a way of living than a fantasy. To further this point, Orenstein mentions how even now, in a show that is supposed to be about teaching other languages, Dora the Explorer, has turned into Dora finding a fairy tale land where she becomes a princess at the end of her two part movie. This is only the beginning of the issues that are brought to attention in this article.

There are many people who work or have worked with my dad at the Sherriff’s Office or even the Police Department, who have impacted my life. One of these people is Josh Barnes. My parents used to take us to their barbeques, and we would play with his two sons Ryan and Justin. After my parents divorced, we lived just a few streets away from them with my dad and stepmom for a couple years. Two years ago my mom and step dad took my sister and baby brother up into the hills a couple miles for family pictures. It was winter time and there was a lot of snow, but we had been up in the snow before. We ended up getting stuck about 10 miles up, it started getting dark, and we had zero cell service. My mom got ahold of someone, and Josh caught wind of the situation through my dad and they both drove up to us and took everyone home. He didn’t need to, but he helped. My dad went to the academy with a man named Brad Pope, and they both landed jobs here in Yerington. Brad’s wife at the time used to babysit my sister and me, and we would play with their two toddlers who are in middle school now. My dad and Brad coached little league for a while, and currently, high school football. My dad told me one of the most important reasons they have

At the age of fourteen Bonnie Phillips, (my grandfathers daughter) had moved out with her boyfriend Michael James Coyle because she was pregnant. My grandfather tried to get her to stay home, but my mother wouldn’t. My mother then had my brother at the age of fifteen, then later at the age of eighteen was having me in 1997. I really knew my grandfather that well because of this situation. I seen him every once

The effects of the portrayal of the princesses can be positive or negative. Young girls have become more imaginative by watching Disney films. According to Stephanie Hanes (n.p.), “’For 75 years, millions of little girls and their parents around the world have adored and embraced the diverse characters and rich stories featuring our Disney princesses.... [L]ittle girls experience the fantasy and imagination provided by these stories as a normal part of their childhood development’.” Also, children are encouraged to believe and hope. In most Disney movies, the characters convey the message that we can believe in true love (10 DISNEY MOMENTS THAT PROVE LOVE IS ALIVE AND WELL

I never really saw them when I was younger because my dad was very bias about how everything turned out. I think the most that affected us was my brother Fabian. He married a woman that was very destructive in everyone’s lives that she was involved in. Fabian had everything in the processes of getting his papers but their relationship was really toxic. His ex wife left him and took his daughter. He turned to drugs as an easy way to get rid of pain. At the age of nine or so I spent most of my days in courtrooms or in the waiting room of prisons. My siblings wanted no part of Fabians life because of the things he had already previously done to get his hands on drugs. So many people told us to take him to a rehab center, but they wouldn’t accept anybody without a social. My dad got tired of my mom getting him out of jail because he just wouldn’t change. But obviously a mother is going to hurt for her child, so my mom over and over again kept getting him out. There came several times were my brother tried to hurt me and he did because he wasn’t thinking straight. I developed depression at this time in my life. I completely isolated myself from friends and family. My parents didn’t believe me when I told them what went on when they weren’t around. Don’t get me wrong my brother David and sister cecy had their flaws and they did things I know they regret. It just wasn’t as bad as Fabians

Authors James Poniewozik and Peggy Orenstein are both concerned with the increase of princess culture among young girls. Poniewozik’s article “The Princess Paradox” and Orenstein's article “Cinderella and Princess Culture” discuss similar aspects of princess culture that could be potentially harmful to it’s audience. Both Poniewozik and Orenstein take on a feminist perspective in their articles. Specifically, both authors discuss feminist themes in princess culture but Orenstein focuses on toddler to pre-teen aged girls while Poniewozik is more concerned with specifically teenagers.

Cassandra Stover explains in her Journal Damsels and Heroines: The Conundrum of the Post-Feminist Disney Princess, the dramatic shift with Disney princess at the peak of the late 1980s and early 1990s. She explains that the shift can derive from feminist movements and how the change can be directed to the third wave of feminism. She examines the original Disney princesses and decribes them to be more passively aggresive and unindependent, while the new princesses are more independent and brave. The author then explains if the shift from the old to new princesses are actually better, and not just different. Stover analysizes that Disney princesses evolve and are a part of the worlds change on feminism.

As a young girl, I never quite understood the importance my dad’s job had on me until I became much older. Throughout my childhood I was often mistreated out of the sight of my parents. From brutal words to simple exclusion, I never really fit in at my church. I was constantly separated from all of the children because I was the Pastor’s

becoming an actual prince or princess is practically every kid 's fantasy. Some parents and

What young girl does not dream of becoming a princess and living in a castle happily ever after? Virtually every young girl identifies with princesses and has watched at least one Disney Princess movie. From the first movies of Snow White and Cinderella, to the later movies of The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, to the most current movie Moana, Disney Princess movies permeate not only the movie theaters, but also our culture. In fact, “becoming a princess is as easy as purchasing a tiara and hosting a princess-themed birthday party or buying a Halloween costume and playing pretend” (Garabedian, 2014, p. 23). Nonetheless, as declared by Princess Merida in the movie Brave, “there comes a day when I don’t have to be a princess. No rules, no expectations. A day where anything can happen. A day where I can change my fate” (Andrews & Chapman, 2012). In other words, does the life of a princess measure up to the expectations of little girls everywhere? The Disney Princess brand has grown incredibly popular, especially with young girls. In spite of this, the franchise has also become extremely controversial due to potential gender stereotypes in the films. “Gender is one of the most discussed topics in today’s society…[it] represents and also reproduces certain attributes, expectations and roles which are associated with male and female…influencing the views and opinions of future generations” (Maity, 2014, p. 31). Yet, is the Disney Princess brand harmful to young children due to gender stereotypes? Two essays that contemplate the Disney Princess brand and gender stereotypes with opposite viewpoints on this controversial issue are “Girls on Film: The Real Problem with the Disney Princess Brand” by writer Monika Bartyzel and “In Defense of Princess Culture” by writer and mother Crystal Liechty. However, Liechty’s essay “In Defense of Princess Culture,” is the most effective article in convincing the audience of her point of view due to the claim, support, warrant, language, and vocabulary employed.

According to various articles, although the Disney Princesses seem to be an innocent form of entertainment for young girls, their overall messages serve as a negative influence on how they develop into adults. This is where the unrealistic Disney Princess aspect can potentially become detrimental.

Cramped in a small Los Angeles office, Walt Disney drew a few larger than life cartoons. After Disney’s big hit Alice Comedies and cartoons of Mickey and the gang, he moved his office to Burbank, California. There, Walt and his brother, Roy, came up with their most famous movies such as Cinderella, Snow White, and Alice in Wonderland. Now with two American amusement parks, three international parks, multiple cruise lines, multiple resorts, over five hundred films, and over thirty academy award, it’s hard to not heard of Disney. Every boy or girl has at least seen or heard of Disney movies. It’s such a big part of society today that it becomes influential in a kid’s childhood. This project will look at the underlying effect of the Disney princess phenomenon and how it shapes a young girls’ perspective of herself and how she’s “supposed” to be.

I never really knew my father when I was growing up. I was raised by my mother and my little brother's side of the family. My own family was across the ocean in California. By the time I was nine I

My father was raised by his oldest brother. When my father was young his mother was sick and his father ran off. My fathers mother actually died in his