I saw this photo over on blue milk. The Fallen Princess series is an interesting one but this is the image that really hit me. As a feminist there is alot of gender hoo-ha that annoys me with the whole Disney princess stuff especially as I see Eleanor become more and more interested. At the same time there is a pure magic and nostalgia that I feel when I watch Sleeping Beauty or Snow White!
Photographer Dina Goldstein decided to re-imagine their outcomes. "I began to imagine Disney's perfect princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me," she says, "such as illness, addiction and self-image issues." Genius and heartbreaking.
What does happen to those princesses after they marry their prince?
Motherhood is so complex--amazing and beautiful, but major complex.
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Wow...this is pretty intriguing.
Thanks for sharing!
But they are PRINCESSES! That means they've have nannies to take care of the little darlings, and they'd be getting mani-pedi's and having tea and stuff. Right?
Kids know the difference between fantasy and reality. IMHO, fantasy is an important part in a person's development. I have friends who refused to ever do the Santa thing because they didn't want their children to think they ever told them lies . . . but seriously? No Santa?
I know what you mean about gender roles, but I honestly think that all of those stories, including the Disney-fied versions, are part of our culture. Share them with glee, right alongside stories of talking donkeys and children who get eaten by witches! Then share stories about reality, loving families where both parents are alive and still together (have you noticed who Disney kids never have both parents?), and stories about how the government sometimes takes all your funding away.
But for now - sheez - let her have her princess fantasies and fairy wings!
Hey Cathy - no worries, Eleanor will get a big healthy dose of princess stuff. It's pretty inescapable! And Sleeping Beauty and Snow White is the tops of our favorites. I just want to make sure there is a balance of other things as well.
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