In response to the current national dialogue on media and products for girls, New York Times writer Lisa Belkin generated a list of books with strong female role models. On her blog, pigtailpals, Melissa Wardy points out that Belkin’s suggestions are dominated by princesses; better strong than weak ones, but what about the radical idea [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Princesses’
The limits of a list
Posted in Body image, Books, Cool and radical girls, Marriage & family, Media, Most girlpower *GGG*, Princesses, ReelGirl recommends, tagged Good books for girls, Princesses on February 8, 2011 | 6 Comments »
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 [...]
Girl characters lacking in animation movies
Posted in Movies, Princesses, Superheroes, tagged Ariel, Cars, Diney, Fairytales, Jasmine, Pixar, Princesses, Ratatouille on January 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I wrote this for The San Jose Mercury news in 2007 when “Ratatouille” opened. The movie’s hypocritical reference to sexism helped to inspire my blog, ReelGirl. Please read and let me know what you think. Phooey on `Ratatouille’: Female leads lacking in kid films STUDIOS ACKNOWLEDGE, ACCEPT SEXISM By Margot Magowan Article Launched: 07/06/2007 01:32:35 [...]
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. [...]
