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for this article a lot of great points were raised. while reading, i did a lot of agreeing and disagreeing. AND laughing. some of the things i could say applied to specific people. unfortunetly, i do not have a younger female in my life to compare this article too (since it was more about three-seven year olds).
for the first point i wanted to bring up:
the words "princes or ballerina" or have butterflies all over the item. OR the infamous color PINK. (and im not talking about the victoria's secret line).
these words are always seen on clothes, and this color is the most popular.. and every little girls FAVORITE COLOR.
while scrolling through this page, anyone can agree that the majority of the shirts are the color pink.
googling "little girls princess shirts " almost every picture has a typical white american girl wearing a princess shirt.
this picture specifically shows the american girl.
point 2:
as for the actually Disney princesses which are talked about majorly in this article, i found a perfect youtube video explaining them.
this video may go a little too in depth about some things, but it is a general opinion of what Disney princesses teach little girls, who are young minded and dont have their own voice yet.
To go further with the princess idea, there's a quote that Orenstein says is, "Princesses may confide in a sympathetic mouse or teacup, but, at least among, the best-known stories, they do not have girlfriends. god forbid Snow White should give Sleeping Beauty a little support.
Let's review: princesses aviod female bonding." Page 23
This is showing girls that they are the best and the only princess around. in photos of each disney princess none of them acknowledge eachother. they do not look the same way and only embrace themselves and their pretty smiles.
also t go along with this quote it says how girls are loners and to themselves more, which can make them come off more bitchy then they really are. the "catty" image of girls.
this goes along with the princess culture, and body shape. thin perfect, have a nice set of boobs, and be materialistic.
just like in Ariel in the beginning of her movie, singing "I Want It All," even though she does not know what these things are. MATERIALISTIC! ----> this is of course a parody to make some people laugh at the movie. ( i couldnt find the original, so i thought this would be the second best)
point 3:
american girl dolls/bratz/barbies. to go along with the statement above this creates the ideal picture of a perfect girl, in a handheld version..
bratz dolls have the perfect full lips, that are always nicely painted
american girl dolls are always cute and dressed perfectly
and barbies have the perfect bodies with the long pretty wavy blonde hair.
i found an article i thought was interesting about the topic of barbies
i thought this article was very interesting, and covered some points that i thought Orenstein was trying to make.
comments/questions for class:
do you agree with any of the articles/stories i posted above? have you had a catty girl experience?
were you into pink and princesses when you were younger?
Alexa you did a good job conveying the story line. I enjoyed the YouTube videos. I don't agree with any of the story lines personally even though they all are true. I have to say barbie did eventually have kids but never got pregnant. I am the type of female that sticks to females that are more like me, where we speak our minds, but don't bash other females. I was not into princesses or even the color pink when I was young.
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