In world where more than 80% of ten year old girls admit to having been on a diet, it behooves us to pay attention to the messages we send little girls about their bodies. So it is not without much thought and consideration that I say that I find the hysteria over Disney’s new iteration of their newest Princess, Merida, to be crazily out of proportion.
(Insert pause for the sound of people frothing at the mouth and biting my head off here)
Now before you go saying that I have already admitted, on this very blog, to have partaken of the Disney Kool-Aid, let me assure you that despite indulging in a little corporate Kool Aid, I am still fully capable of forming my own opinions – positive or negative – about Disney. So can you. Take a look for yourself:
Is she a bit more glam? Sure. Does that make her any less strong? I don’t think so. – Image from Yahoo Shine
Sorry. But I just don’t think it’s that egregious. Every time I see Ariel from The Little Mermaid I cringe at that ridiculous waist. Ditto Jasmine. But this? Not so bad. (And I’m not the only one who thinks so – check out what my friend Pilar Clarke has to say about it here. ) (more…)
