Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams

The Disney princesses are a common sight in any household with girls under the age of 8. However, these seemingly harmless women contribute to a darker theme in media. In her essay, “Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect”, Stephanie Hanes uses storytelling, strong facts, and helpful alternatives to effectively persuade parents that the media is targeting young girls with sexualized content, argues that this content is harmful to them in a number of ways, and inspires parents to

The Secret World of Arrietty was released in Japan on July 17, 2010, The film received extremely positive reviews that praise the animation and music. It became the highest grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2010 and grossed over $145 million worldwide. Arrietty is first seen brazenly running through the garden in full daylight on daring foraging expeditions, fending off menacing grasshoppers and outfoxing an apoplectic cat. She is revealed to be an only child on the eve of her

Diversity, at least in theory, means that everyone of every race/gender/sexual orientation is included, but not as a stereotype. This was not the case in the past. In the year 1937, Walt Disney released its first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. There was less sense of “political correctness,” such as caring about diversity, or worrying about the message being sent to young children, especially girls. There were no protests, and everyone accepted the movie “as is”. In

Leeann Mimms Prof. Fitzgerald College Comp II 11 March, 2015 Disney Princess Movies: The Positive and Negative Influence that Disney's Royal Creations Portray to The Children of the World Ask a random child about a glass slipper lost at the stroke of midnight or the famous finger pricked on the spindle of a spinning wheel, and they could probably tell you who's magical story it is from. Disney's Princesses and their journey in life is wide spread and has touched many children's lives. These

Evil Mickey There are plenty of hotbed issues on how the Disney corporation’s sociological and socio political ideologies are embedded into their products and how they affect children, but very few ask why Disney would place hidden ideologies in their movies/shows. What reasons would Disney have to program children with outdated morals while trying desperately to uphold a model image of innocence? What practices has the disney corporation practiced that some would consider immoral or even illegal