tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745938734534973412.post2242693069407764537..comments2023-10-03T04:13:13.818-07:00Comments on Feminist Erotica: Disney PrincessesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366894481117816034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745938734534973412.post-22527183691817288832015-04-15T12:43:44.497-07:002015-04-15T12:43:44.497-07:00Nowadays a lot more money can be made from merchan...Nowadays a lot more money can be made from merchandising than from the actual film and in some cases, this even drives how the film is written. Such is the nature of capitalism! <br />Things are changing, and although this is a poor substitute for a world which considers people not profit, corporations are realising that sexism doesn't sell. I guess it may take a little longer, we really can all do our bit by encouraging kids towards less gender polarised toys and allowing girls to have more activity focussed things as well as a Princess dress. Piglet had both bought dresses and bits of net curtain and ribbon, she and her friends enjoyed playing with both. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366894481117816034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745938734534973412.post-13475514018262009352015-04-15T04:05:14.114-07:002015-04-15T04:05:14.114-07:00The Disney store has always depressed me. Despite ...The Disney store has always depressed me. Despite the 'message' in some of the films, the merchandising is almost more important than the movie. Young children want the latest Disney products - at high prices, and they soon grow out of the clothes, or they want products from the new movie.<br /><br />When my daughters were young, dressing up at school was home-made, amateur, and often involved the children in making the costumes. Now there are dozens of Elsa clones, dressed from the Disney store, or supermarket copies. Now, as then, there was competition between parents to produce the best dressing up clothes.<br /><br />Then? Ingenuity, imagination and dressmaking skills produced the best.<br /><br />Now? Whoever spends the most in a Disney store.<br /><br />Sigh.oggbashannoreply@blogger.com