My Three Sources
- How Fourth-Wave Feminism is Changing Disney’s Princesses
This is an article about feminism activities and the change of Disney Princess’s gender roles, published by Melinda Parks in Highbrown Magazine. This article expounds what encouraged by four waves of feminism and analyzes the characteristics of the princess created by Disney in the corresponding period. Women’s gender role has changed from finding salvation in love of a powerful man to being more independent and diverse, which breaks through the original social construction. “Brave (2012) and Frozen (2014), two movies that completely cast off the patriarchal clichés of their predecessors by focusing heavily on the relationships between women and treating romance as a secondary consideration.” As Melinda parks mentioned, the development of the story focuses on women themselves. Princesses are less dependent on male characters, which reduces the proportion of love in their stories.
“Brave (2012) and Frozen (2014), two movies that completely cast off the patriarchal clichés of their predecessors by focusing heavily on the relationships between women and treating romance as a secondary consideration”(Parks).
- What Is Toxic Masculinity?
This is an article about toxic masculinity, which published by Maya Salam in The New York Times. Maya Salam defines suppressing emotions, maintaining a hard look, and using violence as features of toxic masculinity. And according to the research of A.P.A, the toxic masculinity will affect men’s mental health, which leads to a series of problems. I will use the definition of toxic masculinity in this article to connect with the male characters in Disney movies, so as to further analyze whether their behavior and speech conform to social norm.
"Suppressing emotions or masking distress; Maintaining an appearance of hardness; Violence as an indicator of power"(Salam).
- Cinderella saved herself! The Cultural attack on femininity + My masculine past!
This is a podcast hosted by Karine Alourde on YouTube. Karine Alourde combined with her own experience, she refutes the common view that Cinderella is a female image saved by men. When Alourde talks about the relationship between Cinderella and the prince, she says that “Cinderella was not obsessed with the prince” (25:41). It is an accident that Cinderella falls in love with the prince.
“Cinderella was not obsessed with the prince” (Alourde, 25:41).
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