Female role models as Disney princesses
Monday, November 4, 2013
Award-winning artist, cartoonist and illustrator David Trumble imagines 10 of the most inspiring women in modern history as Dsisney princesses.
"This was a response to the furor kicked up over the glossy 'princessification' of Pixar's Merida character, both in image and doll form. I drew this picture because I wanted to analyze how unnecessary it is to collapse a heroine into one specific mold, to give them all the same sparkly fashion, the same tiny figures, and the same homogenized plastic smile.
So that was my intent, to demonstrate how ridiculous it is to paint an entire gender of heroes with one superficial brush. “My experience of female role models both in culture and in life has shown me that there is no mold for what makes someone a role model, and the whole point of Merida was that she was a step in the right direction, providing girls with an alternative kind of princess. Then they took two steps back, and painted her with the same glossy brush as the rest. So I decided to take 10 real-life female role models, from diverse experiences and backgrounds, and filter them through the Disney princess assembly line."
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He definitely made his point. It's kind of grotesque. I have never agreed to the overdone princesses they've made recently, especially Merida. I do, however, like the idea of taking real life female role models and turning them into "princesses", but I think keeping them true to their character is a definite must.