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Comment on What say you? by Katie

Katie — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:15:50 +0000

I enjoyed this post quite a bit. I am wondering about how much Ariel was really interested in Eric. She surely sexualized him and saves his life first. She only meets him because she desires so much to be human. She is figuratively (and ironically) a fish out of water–a social outcast, she is not meant for the world she is born into or for its rules. Eric serves as an icon of Humankind at first, and immediately appreciates her voice and power and goodwill. He continues to talk about her voice until she comes back without it. I don’t remember thinking that her singing was particularly sexualized but i also didn’t have a strong understanding of that as a child. It is disturbing that disney makes him a mind reader. That’s definitely not a good idea to put into kids heads. As far as her making bad decisions for others to clean up after, i disagree. Her plan went awry because of the evil sea witch who used her own sexuality for evil and ultimately failed (a good moral i would say), and her friends were eager to help because they were her friends. Good lesson about loyalty and teamwork.

How about the princess and the frog??

Comment on I blame feminism by Kiki

Kiki — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:29:32 +0000

How is asking to be treated equally a bad thing?

Comment on I blame feminism by Hades

Hades — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:50:18 +0000

Excuse me, Lachy, we’re looking for equality, not supperiority. Is that too much to ask? Do I have your permission to be your equal? Hmm?

Comment on What say you? by Anastasia

Anastasia — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:05:09 +0000

I absolutely agree with the little Mermaid. Probably the worst one.

Comment on “Women are stronger by standing by what they believe and feel” by Hetaher Aurelia

Hetaher Aurelia — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:02:28 +0000

Wow, that guy is very smart. You know there is specific thing that I like call when women do stand up for themselves, oh yeah that’s feminism. Hmmm, maybe he is not-so-very wise just very confused.

Comment on I blame feminism by GraceMargaret

GraceMargaret — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:02:20 +0000

Please tell me your mom was kidding??
If it wasn’t for feminsm I’d be dead or have gone insane by now.

Comment on What say you? by the anthromodeologist

the anthromodeologist — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:15:25 +0000

I’ve enjoyed your blog so much so far, and particularly this post. You have been featured here:

http://anthromodeologist.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/recommendation-for-feminocracy/

check out the ‘recommendations’ section of my blog to find more recommended articles on gender studies and feminism – I hope you find it interesting, just getting started so far!

Thanks x

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Recommendation for: Feminocracy « Anthromodeology — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:12:16 +0000

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Comment on What say you? by the anthromodeologist

the anthromodeologist — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:03:43 +0000

Personally I quite liked Princess Jasmine, when I was a kid I thought she had balls. She does run away despite never having been allowed outside her garden for her entire life. Also, I thought Disney did well making her such a large part of the story, when originally the tale is even more Aladdin-centric. It was also nice to see a girl who looked more like me (i.e. brown) in a Disney movie! In the spin-off tv series I’m pretty sure she gets to wield a sword, which is pretty balsy. She’s also very critical of Aladdin, despite the fact that she eventually marries him.

I’m not surprised to see Ariel on this list, after all, she goes through immense pain to become a human woman just to try to bag a prince, which is rather drastic! However, he does actually go for the ‘woman’ who can talk, before she gets her voice back, so maybe he does want a wife who can talk after all?

My favourite Disney heroine (okay she’s not one of the princesses but she deserves a mention) is Esmerelda. The only problem really is that she goes for the good looking bloke over the hunchback, but when you watch the film you can see that Disney tried to show how much effort she wanted to put into maintaining the friendship, which is nice. Also, again her character is very ‘knowing’ about what assets they have to work in their favour – she does ‘use her sexuality’ to her advantage, but seems to do so in the full knowledge that she’s exploiting the male characters.

The last one I think mentionable is Pochahontas. She makes John Smith look suitably ignorant and although even as a kid I wasn’t very into the whole singing tree thing, again it was nice to have a ‘coloured’ heroine – she’s quite political throughout it too.

What do people think of those two?

Comment on I blame feminism by Lachy

Lachy — Sat, 08 May 2010 04:25:40 +0000

All of you need to learn about queer theory and 3rd wave feminism. What most of you in the comments are preaching is a totalitarian oppressive system not unlike current patriarchy. The oft-stated aim of feminism is to promote and achieve gender equality. So read some Judith Butler, Stephen Connell, and Elizabeth Grosz before posting such inane replies as Yelena. As romantic an idea as feminists “fighting back” is, I think you should see feminism as an assertion rather than a fight.