Are Disney Princesses all bad? I’m on a mission to examine whether or not I can, in good feminist
conscience, let me daughter squee freely over Cinderella and her ilk,
so that by the time we get to Disney World, I know whether to stop worrying and love the ballgowns, or try to get Belle to read The Second Sex. Or both.
Pocahontas: she’s pretty awesome, right? Independent, strong-willed, and – as my daughter says – sings the best songs of all the princesses.
Too bad she’s stuck in that movie with Mel Gibson.
The vehicle that we’re traveling in this week has a DVD player, but it will only, for some reason, play certain DVDS, which means that we’ve had Pocahontas and Finding Nemo on a permanent loop and let me tell you, there is only so much of Mel Gibson’s voice that one can take. And Pocahontas is suffering from her association with him. It’s entirely possible that I will be tossing the DVD in the trash as soon as we’re home.
No offense to Pocahontas, of course. She is pretty awesome. But still: MEL GIBSON.
About Her Bad Mother
ha! love this :) (and she’s right, Pocahontas does sing some pretty awesome songs!)
She’s totally right, Pocahontas has the best songs. John Smith is a big stupid.
And what do you have against Belle? She’s a bookworm who wanted nothing to do with the strapping idiot man who everyone idolized and who followed her around. Then she sets out on her own to rescue her head in the clouds father and puts herself in danger in his place. It isn’t even a love at first sight story, she slowly falls for the sweet guy inside the beast after lots and lots of prodding from the servants. At least that’s how I remember it, it may be far worse :P
I forgot about it being Mel. Hmm. John Smith sucks. In reality as in animation.
I, too, love Belle. Love Belle. I love the bookworm. And let’s face it, she freakin’ rescues everyone. NO ONE in that movie is ever rescued by a man.
Mulan was pretty kick-ass too, but both she and Pcohontas do end up doing the lovely-dovey happily ever after thing. Bah, lovebugs!!! lol
I have never actually seen Pocohontas but I do recall liking that one song she sings…you know the one.