{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37706522","dateCreated":"1302820892","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"marissachow","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/marissachow","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37706522"},"dateDigested":1532140583,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disney Princesses","description":"It was very interesting reading this article but we have talked about this topic in class before and it was not as surprising to me as it was the first time I thought about gender roles. When I was a little girl, I wanted to be just like Mulan. From the time I could walk and talk, I was not the typical girly girl because I rarely owned any dolls and I was much more into sports. I grew up doing gymnastics, volleyball, and basketball. I wanted to be just like Mulan because her character kind of reminded myself because when she but off her hair, she lost a lot of her femininity and I related to that characteristic much more than girly characteristic of Cinderella. Now that I think back on the movie Mulan, I do see a lot of gender stereotypes. In the beginning they show how uncoordinated and weak she is both mentally and physically. She gives up carrying the buckets of water up the mountain and her self esteem is brought down by the general that calls her a "girl." I think that parents feel like it is more appropriate to show their children the "glam and glitter" because their children are their star and nothing is wrong in the parent's eyes. They want to show them a perfect life. I don't think that there is anything wrong with believing "Prince Charming" when you are old but sooner or later people need to realize that there is no perfect person. The idea of "Prince Charming" never dies.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"37706242","dateCreated":"1302820508","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"tiffli","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/tiffli","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37706242"},"dateDigested":1532140583,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disney Stereotypes","description":"I was super excited to read this news article because it relates completely to my final project. Disney has always been a huge part of my life ever since I was a little kid. My parents never really taught me what was "proper" so I assumed the correct way to behave was through the protagonists of most Disney princesses. Even to this day, I adore Disney movies. I don't believe that Disny creators had the intention of creating their characters to insult the women of society. I do agree that yes, most of the Disney princesses do fall under gender stereotypes, but they also each display their own sense of behavior that is positive towards life. I strongly agree with the fact that Disney princesses and princes have gone through an evolution over time. As a young Chinese-American girl, Mulan was my idol. But now that I think back many Halloweens ago, I was not in fact the warrior version of Mulan but the "dolled up" one, presented to the matchmaker, my only weapons being a flower comb and a fan. Without even realizing it, I had fallen into the trap of the "pretty pink princess" becoming the girly girl that Mulan herself wasn't proud of, ignoring the costume she actually wore in order to save China.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"37705722","dateCreated":"1302819711","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Keahi","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Keahi","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37705722"},"dateDigested":1532140583,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disney Princes","description":"After reading this article I disagreed with a couple of things. I was amazed at how they felt that Princes and Princesses represented themselves and the impact that they present to our youth. Growing up and watching these movies, I felt that these movies never posted such a stress or impact on my life as these people said they did to their children. I feel that the movies on Disney that I watched growing up such as Mulan and Pocahontas, supported the roles that men and women in power have. I felt these movies were great shows that supported both masculine and feminine roles in society that portrayed both strengths and weaknesses of both sexes.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"37705334","dateCreated":"1302819132","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"AshlynYokoyama","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AshlynYokoyama","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37705334"},"dateDigested":1532140583,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disney Princesses","description":"I agree a lot on the Disney article about the princesses. When I was younger I think I don't think I wanted to be any of the princesses because I was a tomboy. However, I watched all the movies none of them appealed to me. However, my younger sister who is 10 wanted to be all the Disney princesses when she was younger.
\nI never really noticed that their guys or the princes were sort of feminine until the article pointed it out. Maybe the Disney producers think that they portrayed the men as too masculine, so now they are trying to tone it down. The way Disney presents these movies they seem so magical, fun, and exciting and seems very appropriate for young girls. Therefore, I do agree that parenting has something to do with the Disney movies popularity.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"37704396","dateCreated":"1302817919","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kekimura","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kekimura","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37704396"},"dateDigested":1532140584,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"disney princesses","description":"It was really interesting to read this article because when I was a little girl I was obsessed with all the Disney princesses and movies. I used to dream of being many Disney princesses. But the princess I dreamed of being most was Pocahontas. I dreamed of being Pocahontas because she was adventurous and I loved singing "Colors of the Wind" and "Just around the River Bend." I somehow liked the idea that she was apart of an Indian tribe where her father had a planned marriage for her. But she fell in love with an English man, John Smith. Everything about the movie was amusing to me. Even the fact that she had a raccoon and a hummingbird as her partners in crime. Once for Halloween, I dressed up as Pocahontas. The other princesses like Snow White and Cinderella weren't appealing to me because their roles were the stereotypical "damsel in distress." They weren't sporty or brave. Which is probably why I was attracted to the character of Pocahontas. I think the reason why we see Princesses in good light is because they represented as innocent and fragile in the movies which makes the viewers feel sorry for her. Cinderella was the servant girl who had to live under the rules of her step-mother, Arial was the mermaid who was trapped from the outside world, and Jasmine was the princess who wasn't allowed to be outside her castle. But I feel that for every Disney princess movie, the one thing that the princesses were kept from was finding true love. I think that parenting is a major reason of why Disney princesses are popular because Disney princesses keep the innocence and girliness of a young girl. I think parents want their daughters to be girly and innocent for as long as they can.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"37701402","dateCreated":"1302814192","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kisouza","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kisouza","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37701402"},"dateDigested":1532140584,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disney Princesses","description":"When I was younger I never really watched Disney princess movies so I didn't want to grow up to be like one. I didn't ever dream of being a princess. I was more involved in sports and never had a lot of free time to just sit there and watch TV. I didn't really watch them, but i knew what they were about. I think that the princesses are good role models for little girls because they teach them to be proper and dress well. At the same time princesses could be a negative influence because little girls think they can be treated like a princess and get anything they want and expect people to do things for them.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"37682676","dateCreated":"1302798512","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"materaya","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/materaya","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37682676"},"dateDigested":1532140584,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disney Princesses","description":"When I was younger i never fantasized about being one of those Disney princesses but i did favor Pocahontas just because she was different. She was not like those other princesses. She didn't wear those puffy dresses. She didn't wear heels. She was natural beauty which i liked. I also liked that she wasn't afraid to get dirty and she was adventurous. We always see princesses in a good light because that's when they are happiest. Kids dont want to see people sad or it makes them sad as well. Why do that to a child. Show them what makes them happy. I believe parenting is a major reason why Disney princesses are so popular because parents dont want their kids to watch something that has a negative affect on them. They want their kids to have good and positive thoughts, so they show them the princess movies which makes them happy. At a young age, I dont think kids should be negatively influenced by television. Its not only healthy,but young kids dont know the difference between whats real and not real so why show them something that is bad. THey might take it to heart.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37702352","body":"Great thoughts, but you need to proofread! Ethos!","dateCreated":"1302815507","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"MsFalk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsFalk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1250807416\/MsFalk-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"37659746","dateCreated":"1302774460","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"laurenc15","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/laurenc15","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37659746"},"dateDigested":1532140584,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Princesses","description":"I always enjoyed watching Disney princess movies because it was something everyone watched and something we all enjoyed talking about. It was fun to pretend to be them and dress up at Halloween. I wasn't so much jealous of the princesses, I just LOVED how lucky they were to have nice clothes, jewelery, a prince charming, and fairy godmothers to grant your every wish. Of course it's not realistic, but when you're four years old, that's all that I really need to be happy.
\nI really liked Cinderella because she was the most pretty to me and it was a "dream come true" when she went from the abused sister, to the dazzling princess. I really like Mulan when I first saw it because people said I looked like Mulan (probably because I'm asian). I liked that she was tough (and reminded me of a ninja) and girly when she needed to be. I think that parents choose to show their children Disney princess movies as an automatic type of entertainment. No one really questions if the princesses are actually evil and want to persuade children to follow gender stereotypes. Watching princess movies is something that the majority of us have grown up with and is seen as a normal part of childhood, especially in America.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"37659670","dateCreated":"1302774132","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kehu93","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kehu93","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37659670"},"dateDigested":1532140584,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disney Princes","description":"I found the article to be interesting as I have watched just about every Disney movie. What the article says about the princess always being girly and pretty is true, but I think that these traits make the producing of a successful movie much easier. Little boys and girls would be disinclined to watch a movie about an ugly girl who meets an ugly boy and they fall in love. Rather, a more exciting love story would be for a beautiful girl to meet a handsome boy and for them to overcome obstacles to find true love. In fact, I only ever watched \u201cThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u201d once and I do not even remember what the story was about. On the other hand, I have watched and re-watched many of the other Disney movies. Therefore, I believe these patterns of pretty princesses are simply Disney\u2019s movie to attract viewers rather than shallowness. However, one movie that did have a strong princess without \u201ctraditional submissive behavior along with her strength\u201d was \u201cShrek\u201d (I don\u2019t know if it is from Disney or not). However, I feel like the movie\u2019s popularity was more because of its humor rather than Princess Fiona\u2019s popularity among child viewers. Also, why they would have more feminine guys could have all sorts of reasons. I guess some girls are starting to like guys that have more round personalities rather than macho guys. Girls swoon over names like Edward Cullen and Justin Bieber, but no one really cares much about straight forward macho guys like the guys from Jersey Shore. I don\u2019t even know their names. I don\u2019t actually watch Jersey Shore, so I don\u2019t actually know what they are like, but from what I have seen, they seem to emphasize their masculinity. Therefore, while it would be nice to have movies without the stereotypes, the movies would be kind of odd if they were completely taken away. Also, I noticed almost all the girls who have posted a blog before me titled their blog with "princess" despite their being princes in this article, so I will title mine with "prince."","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37702436","body":"Well stated! And yes. It's also about Princes. Thank you, Your Highness.","dateCreated":"1302815623","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"MsFalk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MsFalk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1250807416\/MsFalk-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"37659626","dateCreated":"1302773850","smartDate":"Apr 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"eriNISHappi","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/eriNISHappi","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37659626"},"dateDigested":1532140584,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Disney Princesses","description":"When I was little and my mother asked what I wanted to be for Halloween I happily replied that I wanted to be the Evil Queen from Snow White. Worried she went to one of her friends and told her that her daughter wanted to be a villainess, and was possibly morally corrupt and power hungry. After talking it over with her friend they came to the realization that little Erin was not vying to be the most beautiful in the land but more likely just wanted to be a more dynamic character.
\nNow I can't recall why exactly I wanted to be the Evil Queen instead of the more common place Snow White character for Halloween. Perhaps I wanted to have the her magical powers, or perhaps I just wanted to wear the crown. However the most poignant part of the story comes from my mother's severely averse reaction to my choice. Why is it that a little girl can't be an evil queen, while little boys are encouraged to dress up as masked serial killers (ala Scream, Jason and Freddy Kruger) and monsters (i.e. Frankenstein, mummies and zombies)?
\nThe reason princesses are the idols of little girls around the world is because of the positive light in which they are portrayed. They are placed upon a pedestal and held in high esteem. The Disney Princesses are beautiful, eloquent, beloved by all creatures that are pure of heart, and can sing extremely well. For them life and love comes easily, not to say that they are without problems, just that more often than not they do not play an active role in the resolution of those problems.
\nThe reason the Disney Princesses are so popular is partly because of an amazing marketing effort. Disney is a household name and thus the names of their characters are just as easily recognizable. Parents choose to shoe their children Disney movies because on the surface they appear to be wholesome forms of entertainment with amusing and sometimes educational stories. Hercules is one of my favorite Disney movies, it was my first introduction to Greek mythology, yes it was vastly inaccurate, but it sparked an interest that eventually led to my choice to enroll in a class that focused on Greek mythology. Not all Disney movies have any educational or moral value, however we need to be able to take them for what they are children's movies meant for simple entertainment. Yes, they do perhaps serve to enforce many gender roles, but so do the easy bake oven commercial, Barbie, and most car commercials. So unless you're willing to walk everywhere or find dolls that aren't sexist (which would probably be the more difficult task of the two) don't be so quick to condemn the Disney empire.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}