If you read Reel Girl, you know I’ve got a lot of issues with Disney’s hegemony over our kids imaginations. I’ve written about how exposure to the same old narratives, repeatedly, influences how kids brains grow. Today WWW. TRUTH-OUT.ORG reviewed The Mouse that Roared by Henry A. Giroux and Grace Pollack (though it looks like [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Disney’
Book investigates Disney’s global influence
Posted in Books, tagged Disney, The Mouse that Roared on August 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Disney’s ‘Winnie the Pooh’ leaves girls out
Posted in Most stereotyping *SSS*, Movies, tagged Disney, Eyeore, Kanga, Owl, Piglet, Roo, Tigger, Winnie the Pooh on July 5, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Here’s the poster for Disney’s new summer movie ‘Winnie the Pooh.’ Notice someone missing? Here’s a hint– I blogged about a poster of Gnomeo and Juliet that had the same invisible issue, in spite of the movie title, no less, though that ratio was 9 to 0. Here’s the cast of ‘Winnie the Pooh’: Winnie [...]
O Juliet, Juliet, wherefore art thou Juliet?
Posted in Media, Movies, Toys & products, tagged Disney, Gnomeo and Juliet, kids movies, Pixar, Princesses on January 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Driving to school today, my three daughters and I passed a poster for Disney’s new movie “Gnomeo and Juliet” coming to theaters February 11. My kids wanted to know, where’s Juliet? Can you find her? If you spot Juliet around town, preferably with eight or so of her girlfriends frolicking behind her, Romeo nowhere in [...]
Female desire and the princess culture
Posted in Body image, Books, Cool and radical girls, Health, Media, Movies, Music, Politics, Princesses, ReelGirl recommends, Sexuality, Sports, Statistics, Superheroes, Television programs, Toys & products, tagged Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Disney, Peggy Orenstein on January 18, 2011 | 31 Comments »
Thank you Peggy Orenstein for writing the brilliant book Cinderella Ate My Daughter. Every parent should read this new, excellent analysis of the ubiquitous princess kid-culture and its various mutations in the world of grown-up women. Orenstein, a NY Times journalist, mom, and writer takes on and deconstructs two (so annoying!) messages every parent [...]
Can’t get past the hair
Posted in Body image, Books, Media, Movies, Sexuality, Toys & products, tagged Christian Blauvelt, Disney, Entertainment Weekly, Girl W/Pen!, Mother Gothel, Natalie Wilson, Rapunzel, Tangled on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On the blog, Girl w/Pen! Natalie Wilson writes about sexism and racism in Disney’s “Tangled:” Renee of Womanist Musings points out, the glorifying of blonde hair – yet again – is problematic. She writes: “As a Black woman, I know all to well how complicated the issue of hair can be. Looking at the above [...]
Disney/ Pixar male execs stop movies starring girls
Posted in Media, Movies, tagged Ariel, Christopher Robin, Disney, Ed Catmull, Eeyore, Jasmine, Joe Jump, John Lasseter, Piglet, Pixar, Tangled, Up, Winnie the Pooh on November 23, 2010 | 21 Comments »
At first it seems like possible good news. Disney/ Pixar announces: no more fairy tales, code for princess movies. Great! No more damsels in distress who end the movie by landing a man. Now we’re going to have a slew of new movies with cool girl heroes who bravely rescue boys from peril, exuding power [...]
Phooey on Ratatouille
Posted in Media, Movies, Princesses, Toys & products, tagged Disney, Pixar, Ratatouille, The Lion King on April 4, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I wrote this for The San Jose Mercury news in 2007. It inspired my blog ReelGirl. Phooey on `Ratatouille’: Female leads lacking in kid films STUDIOS ACKNOWLEDGE, ACCEPT SEXISM By Margot Magowan Article Launched: 07/06/2007 01:32:35 AM PDT “Ratatouille” made $47 million opening weekend, but as I watched the film with my 4-year-old daughter, I [...]
Rapunzel
Posted in Media, Most stereotyping *SSS*, Princesses, tagged Ariel, Brenda Chapman, Disney, Ed Catmull, feisty, Hans Christian Andersen, jaunty, John Lasseter, Kathryn Bigelow, Monsters and Aliens, Pixar, Princesses, Rapunzel, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Jobs, Tangled, The Bear and the Bow, The Incredibles, The Princess and the Frog, The Snow Queen on March 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Disney’s Rapunzel movie changes title and cast to attract boys The LA Times reports that that after the disappointing box office for “The Princess and the Frog,” Disney is drastically remaking it’s new Rapunzel movie to attract boys. It’s now called “Tangled” and co-stars a “swashbuckling” male in the lead. Tangled Some people are upset. [...]
