Princess Tutu Identity

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation or reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” This quote shows why Princess Diana was known as a kind-hearted person. She overcame a lot of obstacles, as in the tragedy of her parents, her marriage, and the problems she faced as a Royal Princess.

The Disney Franchise produced their first African- American princess back in 2009 depicting the classic fairytale story of “Princess and The Frog”. During the animation, Tiana is an independent, multifaceted woman who is goal oriented causing her to be faced with problems throughout. However, because the film contained the first African-American princess which shed light on many cultural details surely there are going to be problems associated with various subjects throughout the movie.

Discussion One — The History of Mary Prince — Revision Assignment Topic 1a: The Black Body In “The History of Mary Prince”, black bodies were primarily perceived as property by their slave owners. They were seen as valuable for their labor and their ability to increase profits for their owners. They were bought and sold as if they were cattle and were treated at auctions as such. They were priced based on the results of their inspection, physical strength, and ability to work. Along with being subjected to hard labor, slaves were subjected to horrible living conditions, and a lack of rights to their own bodies.

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.

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.

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.

· Princess/ Female character is put into a situation where she is forced to live an unpleasant life style and in taken advantaged of.

From a young age, princess culture has impacted the lives of numerous people. Some individuals may have spent their childhood in the attire of their favorite Disney princess while they put on their best rendition of the character they admired most. Other children went seemingly unfazed by the phenomenon, as their peers remained spellbound by the magical world of princesses. With Disney’s debut of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, princess movies provided the defining factor of the Disney entertainment empire for years to come. From this, fairy tales embarked into a territory that would touch the lives of many in a new way. However, since princess culture has considerably grown, opponents, such as Monika Bartyzel, question if princess

“It is really funny for me when people call me princess. It’s actually comes from my childhood. I loved Disney princesses and was a huge fan of them especially Cinderella’s honestly I am still. My parents were trying to dress me like a princess because they knew how I liked it. I had a lot of different kind of crowns, which I would wear at home, and sometimes outside of course when I was a kid. All my school notebooks and book covers were covered with pictures of princesses. I really loved how princesses looked how they were dressed, and act. Whenever my parents were asking who I want to be on my birthday party or on different kind of celebrations the answer always was, of course, a princess ” said Tatishvili.

Over the years, Disney has presented many movies to their audience—most having a Princess as the protagonist. These movies became a babysitter for most parents in the early stages of their child’s life. Most people found these movies as relatively harmless. The obvious assumption about the Disney Princesses is that they only desire true love since almost every movie ends in romance. Parents just viewed these movies as romantic movies on a child’s level. However, these movies were not solely intended for an audience of an age that can be counted on both hands. They were intended to speak to “an intelligent and active audience” (Sumera 40). However, there are many people who disagree with the ways of the Disney Princess movies. The

Disney Princesses are known to be depending on their Prince Charming for happiness. As years pass by, Princesses today are more independent and don’t need a Prince Charming in their lives. This idea affects children who feel inspired by these Fairy Tales. In the article, Cinderella, by Bruno Bettelheim, he states, “It gives the child confidence that the same will be true to him.” This makes children think that they will have a similar life as them. Disney Princesses have changed overtime since the 1930s. In this essay, I will give examples of Disney Princesses and how they have changed from dependent to independent in the movie industry.

We are all familiar with the tales of princes, princesses, and their triumphant battles against evil villains. The princesses in these stories have been condemned for being poor role models; however, I would like to challenge this notion. Against all odds they venture out into strange places in the hopes of better their lives. Each character recognizes they need to fight to improve their circumstances, and make great sacrifices to obtain better lives. These female characters display bravery and courage.

The first thing out of the Princess's mouth is " can't believe you can't get me out of this". And the first impression we get is "spoiled brat". She would rather be shopping this Saturday morning. Her yuppie father drops her off in his yuppie Beamer. She doesn't belong in Detention. Her role is winning popularity contests. She is the most popular student in school and is so "lovable". Except at home where she is treated as an object her parents use to get back at one another.

When most people think about Disney movies, their mind often goes to the stereotypical princess movies in which the protagonist wears a pink ball gown. Time and time again these princesses must fight their way through the story in a luxurious ball gown in order to end up with a prince. However, there are many Disney movies that work to challenge these gender stereotypes. The movie Moana is a recent example of a Disney production that works to break the imposed stereotypes placed on children from an early age.

This paper is to discuss the thesis written by Heather Rowley as a Ph.D. paper. Her final thesis was submitted to University of York in 2014 and its considered to be successful thesis regardless the time constrains that she faced. In my critique, I will assess the theoretical frame work, research methodology, contribution and key findings. In addition, I will discuss if Rowley was successful to answer the key research question: is ownership enough to secure employee engagement in Employee Owned Organizations (EOCs)? I argue throughout this paper that Rowley has not focused on the important factors affecting employee engagement, hence she was not able to give a clear answer to her thesis main questions.