Showing posts with label princess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label princess. Show all posts
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Speaking of Disney...
Check out SNL's hilarious parody of Real Housewives starring a cast of Disney princesses!
#hysterical
WATCH IT HERE!
Once Upon a Watermelon
Just as they do every year, Disney released candy featuring Disney princesses for Valentine's Day. Let's just say, this year's was a tad insensitive - depicting the white Cinderella character on the vanilla side and the black Tiana character decorating the watermelon flavored side. Yup.
Pairing the white girl with vanilla and the black girl with watermelon should have set off an alarm in someone’s mind. How is it that out of all 10 Disney princesses—only one of which is black—they chose Princess Tiana to sell their watermelon flavored candy?
Defenders of slavery used the watermelon as a symbol of simplicity arguing that African Americans were happy as slaves. They didn’t need the complicated responsibilities of freedom; they just needed some shade and a cool, delicious treat. Perhaps the stereotype linking black people with watermelon is too antiquated and they let this slide? Or maybe the people in charge of marketing for Disney are marketing assholes?
#waytogoDisney
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Darling its better, Down where its wetter
The Katy Perry was transformed into a mermaid for new ad for ghd's Air hairdryer, shot by photographer David LaChapelle.
Ok....stay with me here....why does a mermaid need a HAIR DRYER??? Absurdity aside, I love the photo.
Katy is no stranger to both wacky and glamorous looks and Disney movies so its no shock that is keeping the mermaid costume as an option for next Halloween.
Katy shot the ad back in July when "planking" was still happening and tweeted a photo of herself, planking in full costume. She tweeted, "PROPER planking FTW! #itswhatArielwoulddo."
Thursday, February 2, 2012
"I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am." – Princess Diana.
Even if this isn't one of my favorite dresses, Princess Di's wedding dress is one of the most iconic bridal gowns in the history of fashion.
The David and Elizabeth Emanuel-designed gown, which features 10,000 mother-of-pearl sequins and pearls and a 25-foot train, debuts Saturday as part of the "Diana: A Celebration" exhibit at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., which will run through June 10.
FYI, in true diva fashion, Diana also had a backup wedding gown in case the design of the first one had leaked.
In addition to the bridal gown from Diana's 1981 wedding, the traveling exhibit includes 28 of Diana's designer dresses, family heirlooms and personal keepsakes like home movies and photos. Now THAT I would love to see!
Not sure if this exhibit is coming to NYC anytime soon but if it does you can bet I will be in line!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Cinderella 'bout to lose the glass off her foot
Jennifer Hartstein's new book, "Princess Recovery" has been described as an "excellent how-to guide to empowering girls and freeing them from the oppressive messages being sent by a society obsessed with appearances and determined to sexualize girls at every turn."
Word.
In "Princess Recovery," Hartstein outlines the messages being sent to girls (and boys) by our princess culture, including:
- That girls and boys are fundamentally different
- That girls should be pretty
- That more stuff makes you a better person
- That girls will get rescued and don't have to take care of themselves
- That being hot is very, very important
Annenberg School did a recent media study that revealed even though the movement for women's equality has been succesful, representations of women in the media have remained as narrowly defined as they were in 1946 - women are marginalized and depicted first and foremost as sexual objects.
There are very few viable alternative role models for girls growing up in a $4 billion dollar a year, princess product world (and that's just Disney).
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