kelsification:

waltdisneyconfessions:

“There’s a lot of debate on whether there should be a Disney princess that was larger and has curves, I think it could be done if it were in the right setting, like Renaissance Italy where that kind of figure was considered beautiful.”

That kind of figure isn’t considered beautiful now? There’s nothing wrong with a woman who has curves, as long as she isn’t unhealthy and there are a lot of women like that. I love Disney, I love the Disney princesses but I do think it would be nice for young girls to see one who isn’t stick thin.

I agree wholeheartedly with the last sentence, but why do the comments always qualify with “As long as she isn’t so fat that she presents an unhealthy image to girls” (or worse, that she’s aesthetically displeasing - there’s another of those comments this morning, that fat cartoon girls are icky, but I’ve already typed this comment on this reblog, so I’ll stick with it here.)

I mean, given the proportions of virtually every Disney princess who’s existed, we’d have to worry that they’re all anorexic. They’re cartoon characters, and anyone I’ve ever seen hasn’t been “I want to emulate the princesses because of their thinness,” they’ve been, “I want to emulate them because of their bravery, intelligence, ability to stick up for themselves” - internal qualities.

Besides, why should a princess have to conform to the beauty standards of any era? Why should a princess have to be beautiful at all? I’m all for having princesses of all sizes, shapes, colors, and appearances. All girls want a character who looks like them; they don’t shape themselves to want to look like a character. Fat little girls would like to see a princess who looks like them (I’ll call her Princess X), but thin little girls aren’t going to intentionally put on weight to look like Princess X, especially given that Princess X would be one fat princess in a Disney world filled with super-skinny princesses (and a media filled with thin women in general.)

When talking about what a princess is for a role model, shouldn’t we be more worried about what’s in her head and less what’s below the neck?