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I think it’s time for Disney to try something new, and that’s exactly what they’re doing

GOOD damn it. Let’s give girls something else to aspire to besides that. 

very true 0_o i’m scared… if disney is catering to youth, and youth is interested in “cool and hot” am i going to see the new disney characters going to school at places akin to playboy mansion?? (hyperbole, i’m sure, but i’m still scared >.<)

Who are these supposed girls? My daughter and most of  the little girls I know love princesses or have at least gone through a princess phase.

From reading that article it’s a little sad to me that little girls at ages 5 and 6 no longer want to be princesses, but “cool and hot”…what is this world coming to. 

Although it’ll be interesting to see what Disney will come up with, I’ll really miss them doing the fairytale movies

@aN_amAYzInG_storrII@xanga - Did you see what they said though? They didn’t say that girls are now more interested “in being independent and having a good education and an awesome career” they are more interested in being “cool” and being “hot.” I dunno, I think the hot scares me….at least…marriage, love is a good thing. It seems like now….now….even disney is getting on the “blatantly teaching girls to hate themselves” bandwagon.

I much rather be a princess than “hot and cool” though I wasn’t into princesses when I was a little girl.

tangled was hilarious! i loved it actually. beauty and the beast was great but she wasnt a princess.  so tangled it is. the songs were short! ialways hated how disney busted out in song. ugh

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Belle is still my awesome favorite! WTF is Disney gonna make now. I hope they dont just make movies to appeal to boys. So many networks made that mistake in the past 10 years & now to attract girls, they make stupid shit.

Thats sad, I loved watching Disney Princesses. = [

And so what if girls want to be “cool & hot” that should make Disney want to push the issue further of not so much getting married but theres more to life than that.

They haven’t really had any good princess movies since the 90′s anyway.  Tangled was good, but it was CG so it’s not quite the same as the old ones.

This kind of makes me sad. I don’t view being princessy and married ideal for me, but I still loved the movies and I know there are still many out there that love the ideas behind them!

If they’re changing their style to fit “girls being hot and cool” I worry for the future more then ever, ha.

It’s good that they’re going to do something new,
 I’m pretty sure disney/pixar is smart enough to not make movies with “hot” innapropriate characters for children.
It’s sad to see the princesses come to an end though.

*goes and watch Disney princess movie to console myself*

My favorite would be a tie between cinderella, mulan, and tangled.

i feel like people my age and older enjoy disney movies more than the kids who they’re made for 

Sooo…. what? Is Disney going to make movies about the ugly 12 year old girl that starts taking off her clothes and going to crazy parties in order to be cool, only to realize that she only needs her friends and to be herself? Thats for ABC Family to do! C’mon Disney! You’re here for the magic!

I hope their new theme will be about aliens or technology.

And my favorite princesses were Ariel and Jasmine.

Wow. :O Well, I think Tangled is the best one to end on.

I think this change is annoying and will cause a drop in how many little girls view the movies.

@Semper_medusa@xanga - Sigh. Clearly, this speaks to larger problems in our society. 

I love the Disney Princess movies and there’s not need to stop making. If you don’t agree with them then just don’t watch them… it’s that simple…

I love me some Cinderella. Us po’ girls have to have something to dream of. 

That being said, I would not complain about more strong willed women who don’t necessarily get married off at the end of the film. “Cool” and “hot” is a bit worrisome though. 

… being cool an being hot.  let’s further perpetuate the low self esteem of america’s youth.

Yes, because we should cater to the sexualization of our youth instead of adamantly fighting it.

“By the time they’re 5 or 6, they’re not interested in being princesses,” said Dafna Lemish, chairman of the Radio and TV Dept. at Southern Illinois University and a self-proclaimed expert in the role of media in children’s lives. “They’re interested in being hot, in being cool. Clearly, they see this is what society values.”

Let me just pick this apart… this is a SELF-PROCLAIMED EXPERT IN THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN CHILDREN’S LIVES?  Is this what society values, turning our five and six year old CHILDREN (because that’s what they are!) into “hot,” “cool” little husks of human beings?  This bitch is fucking crazy.  She needs to rethink calling herself a fucking expert.  I hope to God she has no kids of her own to fuck up with her stupid ass fucking “values” that she’s preaching to others.  Just because society values something, that doesn’t mean it’s GOOD for us.  Society in America values being super skinny, Photoshopping beyond recognition, tanning, fast food, and on and on and on.  None of that is healthy.  It is all detrimental to our beings.  We should build up the next generation, not break it the fuck down!  Again, this bitch is fucking crazy.

aww!!! i grew up watching Disney.

boo…i love princesses.

#devastated

But at least Pocahontas was included in that first pic! She’s my FAVORITE

5 year olds are concerned about being hot? Really?

Oy, my daughters are lucky they have me as a mother. I’m going to teach them to be an independent human, not a playboy bunny.

Maybe they should make female leads who aspire to be strong, confident, independent, and unique women. They don’t need to be princesses but they don’t need to be trashy either. Have heroines who give positive messages and promote inner beauty. I don’t think that the typical (key word!) princess role can do that, but that doesn’t mean they should just completely abandon it all together.

Can we have a manprincess~?

:3

No more princess movies?  Good to know.  

that’s it. every freaking disney princess movie that comes out of the vault i’m going to have to freaking buy for my kids to watch in like ten years so they’re not watching 5 year old girls in high heels. 
i’m disappointed. 

No, I’m happy. Little girls shouldn’t be worrying about getting married and finding their one true love. Hopefully disney will start taking after studio ghibli, their stories have no male/female agenda and are just stories. 

@ohforrealson@xanga - I don’t think princesses as disney portrays them are the alternative option to hot and cool though. The whole hot and cool thing values physical beauty and just physical beauty. But so do Disney princesses. Belle was popular cause she was pretty,  Cinderella was popular because she was pretty etc etc. The were coy and demure and innocent. It’s a different kind of sexuality but it’s a sexuality none the less. 

DIsney needs to take lessons from Studio Ghibli. They have the best children’s movies. 

Oh thank goodness, their Disney characters look too similar for the past several decades…just dull. Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of princesses and I still love fairy tales, but  I just find Disney versions to be bleh. There are other interesting  fictional princesses out there, you can even create your own if you use your imagination. There should be a Nintendo theme park by now.

I think that woman’s comment is kinda bs, lol.

5 year old kids want to be hot and sexy………..?

What happened to kids having cooties at age 5?

Like. wtf.

[And for the record, I'm COMPLETELY against marriage in all forms, nor do I want to be a princess, nor do I date because I have a busy career - but I still watched all the Disney princess movies and STILL watch some of the newer ones often!]

Pixar is doing well. For instance, I find Wall-E more reasonably to watch. Classic love and all. 

To hell with Disney!! They’re breaking my heart </3 I love the Princesses  

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. cue sad face.

When I was younger I never cared about being a princess. I knew I was in the modern world and in a country (America) where princesses didn’t exist. I’ve always aspired to be hot and cool, princesses never did it for me.

To me being a princess is being pretty and smart well maintaining a relationship. Why can’t Disney make a happy median?

That’s BS!

How can they say that “tangled” is the last princess movie Disney is making when Brave is coming out next summer? are they saying that Scottish princesses aren’t princesses?!! 

Being hot and cool. Now that will be interesting.

i wan disney princesses

i love disney. well mainstream thats all they focus on, so it makes sense in time it wouldn’t click with the next aspiring to be the older people generation.

it makes me sad. but you know, maybe its a good time for change. maybe a little more realistic, a little more balanced, even. but still romantic and beautiful. i trust disney. i believe they can think this out well.

little girls want to be mily cyrus with the side-boob and leather pants

HOW ABOUT GIRLS ARE MORE INTO BEING INDEPENDENT? Does everything about women have to be shallow and selfish??

@coffeeishappinessinacup@xanga - yeah, actually that’s exactly what they’re saying. It’s definitely not because Pixar is producing Brave and the others are from the Walt Disney Animation Studio.

Hm.. Not sure that this is a good thing. :\ I’m a bit scared to see what they are going to target at girls now.

Hm.  My best friend’s sister has three little girls, and they all love Disney and princesses and stuff.  If they’re that young, parents shouldn’t be exposing them to shit that makes them believe that they have to be smokin’ hot and whatnot.  If you raise your kids correctly, hopefully they’ll be able to see that being hot and COOL doesn’t fucking matter.  

Unless, of course, you want to be some bimbo with shit for brains by the time you’re ten.

@voicimessecrets@xanga -Oh! I get what your saying thanks for clarifying.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Okay I’m buying every freaking Disney princess movie tomorrow. Don’t want whatever that’s supposed to make kids want to be hot and cool and then worry bout their image. We have Barbie for that

@ShirleyD@xanga - But that is what disney animated movies are known for. It’s like going to a broadway musical and being mad that it has singing in it.

OP:
What does that mean by being hot and cool? I’m really scared now.

they should give that green guy wearing the pink dress his own movie

I’d much rather be a princess then be cool and hot.

Also this makes me sadface due to my obsession with disney princesses.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo! How could they do this?!?!

MULAN IS NOT A DISNEY PRINCESS!  IF SHE MARRIES THE HOT GUY SHE’LL BE A GENERAL’S WIFE, NOT A GODDAMN PRINCESS!

Dear LORD, did the people at Disney even WATCH the movie?!

how sad

oh God….. scary. they should stay the same!

PSHFT.  Sorry, as a modern day teen, princesses>being hot & cool ANYday. 

xo’

While it’s really sad that girls just want to be “hot and cool” I’m glad that Disney will step aside from princess movies for awhile. They’re great, but there’s like, 10 of them now all ending the same way… it’s pretty cliche no? Girls need something else to aspire towards, besides a prince coming to find them.

I always loved the Disney movies even though I never cared about being a princess, and never thought about getting married. I was a huge tomboy.

The movies were still awesome.

i can’t believe that they’re going to get rid of the princess movies because girls want to be cool and hot.  it’s just the declination of society today, which is really just sad.  i certainly will miss them though, even though i’m 22 i still like them.

NOOOOOO I love Disney Princesses

where’s Princess Tiana -____-

Damn. I really like the Disney princesses. Their animated movies are great for kids and adults… I mean, what adult wants to watch a kids’ flick about children being hot and cool? Those kinds of films aren’t the kind that you like as a kid and continue to like into adulthood. But the whimsical fairy land thing is appealing to a huge audience, and they’re the sort of things you can watch over and over.

@Hinase@xanga - Lol yeah I know they’re known for that but doesn’t mean I ever liked it. Even as a kid I would roll my eyes and bear with it til the song was over. Soooooooooooo annoying. Lol. 

Number 1: I’m so sad they won’t do anymore! Disney Princesses was, and still is to a degree, my life. My wedding is going to be Beauty and the Beast inspired and I’ve enjoyed even the newer princesses. Tangled was freaking awesome and so was The Princess and the Frog!

Number 2: I’ve worked with children for nine years now and every little girl that I’ve come into contact with has an interest with those same Disney Princesses I love. So where the hell is Disney getting this idea from?

That’s total BS!

Girls will always think of princesses and getting married as ideal!

I love my disney princess movies but my favorite disney movies are ones with animals. They should just make more animal movies

@turnyalightsdownlow@xanga - Probably not a newer image, since they still have Mulan, who is not really a princess

@MangoWOW@xanga - ABC and ABC Family are both owned by Disney… so lol… but I doubt they will go to any extremes in their cartoons.

@seasidehearts@xanga - I know ABC family is owned by disney but that doesn’t mean the two aren’t different. ABC handles the cheesy daytime television, straight-to-dvd sort of movies. Disney themselves comes out with masterpieces. 

@stuipdthing@xanga - I was more or less focused on the comment the “self-proclaimed expert” made about being hot and cool.  I wasn’t talking about the princesses or their purpose… but you’re right, I imagine they’re not the best alternative, and we could talk about how they negatively influence young girls to believe that all women should be helpless and coy.  I grew up watching Disney movies, though, and I’m a feminist who desires to become a doctor… so you could say they were quite enjoyable for me as a young girl but they left no profound influence on the woman I want to become… 

Thank you for your thoughts!

Mulan is my favorite.

Intriguing.

I’m going to be open-minded and wait to see what kinds of movies Disney is going to release before I make a judgment.

With a change this drastic, they probably have some sort of game plan, I would assume.

If Disney wants to rework their direction, they should consider doing movies about girls doing good in the world or being super heroes. Make the main character face a moral dilemma and have that character come up with a way to find an answer by herself. (no fairytales/ real world applications) and she can look hot while doing it

My favorite Disney movie was Beauty and the Beast, because Belle had both brains and beauty. Pochantas and Mulan are next (they both stopped wars)  But, Mulan isn’t a princess…

Good. They’ll be making plenty of money off of Marvel Comics anyway.

*Xanga’s Batman Out*

Girls are more interested “in being hot, and being cool.”

Isn’t that why they already have Disney Channel?

@ohforrealson@xanga – <—–TAKE THAT, DISNEY! 

@AngelAsh_86@xanga - took the words right out of my mouth! 

this break in tradition is something i think Walt Disney would turn in his grave…

I’m sure they’ll still find storylines that objectify women, demonize minorities and elderly people, and encourage eating disorders and lack of self-empowerment.

“hot and cool” don’t have to imply provocative or sleazy. And I highly doubt disney will mass produce mini-playboy as their next franchise.

 I hope their new images involve confident, modern and independent females, because that’s what being hot and cool means to me.Their old princesses were inaccurate representations of not only the fairy-tales they were in (my biggest qualm was the little mermaid’s happy ending) but also inaccurate in the psychological aspect of the main female protagonist. Every princess was too idealized from both physical and mental aspects. They were gorgeous, petite, slender and somehow always desireable mary-sues without any real problems (Belle was an “oddball”, Ariel wanted to be human, give me a break).

So yes, I’m glad Disney is taking a change. Hopefully, there will be more realistic yet still inspiring female images to look up to.

@Xbeautifully_broken_downX@xanga - Lol thanks!

i loved cinderella and alladin

well if it’s hot and cool that the kids like, maybe they’ll make Mean Girls into an animated movie!

Actually, I heard that they want to appeal to boys.

SADDDDDDDD   I mean… the princesses didn’t do drugs, didn’t drink, weren’t pregnant, and were basically highly moral characters.  What’s not to look up to?  

sad day

Such a shame. I thoroughly enjoyed Tangled and found Zachary Levi and Mandi Moore made a great duet for the movie. I wonder if they’d make a “average looking” princess movie once they realize the “cool and hot” method isn’t going to work for the Disney image?

There is a Pixar film coming out in 2012 about a Scottish princess, I believe.

The movie is called Brave.

don’t tell me Disney’s going down the tubes now. -______________-

lol what 5-6 year olds have they been talking to? ALL of my nieces and cousins love the Disney heroines TO DEATH, along with any other little girl i’ve met. so PUHLEAZE.

@bass_chick57 - Princess and the Frog and Mulan were those movies. They weren’t princesses and took matters into their own hands. Yes, they had help, but that doesn’t mean they are not independent. They were strong-willed and determined women out of all the princesses…well they weren’t really. Haha

this makes me sad. ]:

i don’t care if anyone tells me disney is setting fairytale values for girls. i loved disney and mum brought me up with all th disney clasics. aristocats, pocahontas, bambi and little mermaid… and only this year i went to see tangled for my birthday. i loved the disney princesses and would be devastated if disney changed their style to  make it ‘cool’ and ‘hot’

I’m annoyed. Greatly. Not about this piece of news, because really, the concept of princesses can only continue for so long. It’ll be obsolete given a few more decades. 

My qualm is that Disney only targets little girls. Why? Where are the role models for boys to follow? How about Disney churn out some boy kids’ movies here? 

This whole “women should be pure, monogamous, and demure” princess concept in order to be liked is so archaic, but it at least teaches girls to have some principles and not stoop to whomever. It builds the road for girls to follow.

But what about boys? Where are the messages for boys? It seems a bit of an imbalance to me that girls get lectures but boys don’t. 

@lovesJoy@xanga - I haven’t seen the Princess and the Frog but I knew Mulan was like that… that was also my favorite Disney movie (Coincidence?). I meant that they should make

more

heroines like that, not that there weren’t any and that they should start.

Dammit.  >_<

it makes me sad that they are sayin no more princess’s. :/

my favorites will always be ariel, jasmine, and belle.
♥

@ohforrealson@xanga - One of my favorite comments on Lovelyish ever.

@MoonFaeEyryan@xanga - Thanks!  Certain topics fire me up so much… I have to say that sexualization (especially of children) is at the top of the list 

Maybe if Disney continued to make movies like Tangled (which was extremely popular–my friend who works in Magic Kingdom says Rapunzel merch flies off the shelves) they could fight this image instead of just giving into it. Make up your mind Disney, damn.

Additionally, I don’t think being a princess appeals to little girls because “getting married is the ideal” or wtfever. It appealed to me and all my friends because of the pretty clothes, special treatment, glittery tiara, and things like that. Sure, prince charming was in the equation somewhere, but it certainly wasn’t like “I WANT TO BE A PRINCESS AND GET MARRIED”. And that’s a perfectly okay phase to go through, considering how many girls do and end up totally fine.

Fuck this shit. When my kids are 5 or 6, they are most definitely not going to want to be hot or cool. They’re going to want to BE THEIR FUCKING SELVES.

I hate Disney. I hate Disney so much. (I do, however, enjoy their movies though >_<)

I’m a guy and that’s sad =( !!!

it’s so scary how times are changing and where we are going. And it’s just not a fairytale without the “love” aspect! I guess they could move to movies like Peter Pan and Robin Hood. Actually my favorite Disney movies as a kid were Peter Pan, Robin Hood, and Aladdin. I’m a huge girly girl, but I still preferred the more actiony movies with a male lead. Now that I think about it, my first reaction to this news could have been a bit of an overreaction.

I actually think this is an interesting example of living history. It’s an excellent way to mark a shift in public opinion.

Tangled is an amazing movie, and the other ones are classics for a reason. I hope they still make more at some point.

I almost thought they were making a a pro-women change…but clearly, that didn’t last long. Whatever, they’re out for money, they’re a corporation. They can pretend to be anything they want, but all they are is money hungry.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I still want to be a princess! I still want a fairy tale wedding to prince charming! Don’t take my dreams away, Disney please!

I agree with you on this.  I think that the whole Princess thing is needed, for it shows the need for little girls to grow up with character, responsibility, and even a little innocence.  Also, on the guy’s side, it shows the male counterparts respecting the women as a prize, not a piece of meat.  The Prince must fight off and kill the dragon if he is to win the hand of the princess.  He must prove himself worthy, versus the woman throwing herself at any guy who’ll give her the attention.  He must make sacrifices for her, and only the honest guy gets the girl.
Don’t get me wrong, for I’m not saying that women need to be downplayed or anything.  Heck, even many of  the recent Disney princesses show the side of fighting for justice issues, and speaking out for righteousness’ sake, both elements that the world needs more of from each gender these days.

Now, getting rid of something like Alice from Alice in wonderland, where you’ve got an innocent little girl who trusts bugs on drugs and insane characters who in the real world would be considered dangerous, THAT I would agree would be something that Disney should move away from. 

I grew up watching disney princesses movies, and now their not making even one?, how sad… I know lots of young girls would be disappointed with this. It’s like disney’s taking their dreams of, u know kids,disney’s princesses can make their day,, can exercise their imagination, and geez, do 5 to 6 yrs of age really thought of being hot and cool than being som1 like to eb a princess?????

Actually, they released this statement prior to the release of Tangled, which ended up doing phenomenal and now they are reconsidering.

@JusticeCho@xanga - 

I fully agree on the CG part

I agree with MangoWow & Ohforrealson. 

This is sick.  Seriously.  Shouldn’t we be fighting what society values when it comes to our daughters & the racy values of society?! 
Disney should be about keeping them young. 

I LOVE Disney here.  I’ve ALWAYS been a Mickey fan for as long as I can remember.  However, if they start doing anything sketchy & trying to teach my daughter that childhood & life are all about being hot or sexy or cool or popular – you can bet I will have to stop giving Disney that portion of my money.  I’ll only put it towards Disney’s princesses, older movies with better values & Mickey Mouse.  NOT toward any new crap they may come up with.  IF WE ALL do that (those who disagree with their children thinking they have to be hot & cool – so contradictory anyway, right?  *lol*), then maybe they’ll realize the parents aren’t going to condone that kind of sentiment. 

Otherwise, I worry what the kids will be like when they reach adulthood in a generation or two.  *sigh*

@ShirleyD@xanga - Belle was a princess. They’re all princesses, she just became one through marriage at the end cos the beast was a prince, memeber?!

Jasmine and Mulan for the win.

and what about Pixar’s new movie Brave? And what do they mean? Tangled was in theaters FOREVER. Usually movies last a week, maybe (maybe) two before they’re cycled out but I swear Tangled was in my town’s theater for at least a month with two screens showing it.

Tho it’ll be interesting to see what they come up with, I worry about it being “cool and hot”. Unless they go all Goofy movie ish. I loved A Goofy movie. <3

??? so a family full of superheroes is realistic? Or a planet with aliens on it? No, it’s not it’s these types of animation that make it worthwhile. Why would they take this off? I think the real Disney, Walt Disney wouldn’t allow this :/

@grammarboy@xanga - I agree and like all Disney movies, the princess themed Disney movies also had a message behind it. That’s what I like about Disney movies they all have a positive outcome in it. When I saw the Incredibles all I thought was oh ‘cool!’ But no life learned lesson. I can do examples which movies had those but it’s long haha

Regardless of how cool and hot girls these days want to be… They still dream of being a princess.

5- and 6-year-olds are more interested “in being hot, and being cool”?? That terrifies me. There’s no way that’s good. And let me tell you something: NO WAY would I watch a Disney movie about being HOT. that’s just…wrong!

For anyone outraged by this, please remember one important fact. Disney is a company, and the purpose of the company is to make money. If there is a greater financial gain in following what society likes, no matter how wrong it may seem, they’ll probably do it. If little girls don’t like princesses anymore, Disney isn’t gonna blow money on a movie that doesn’t appeal to them.

Personally, I think it’s horrible. All those old Disney classics of the princess marrying the prince and living happily ever after were a nice change of pace from all the teen dramas about girls getting pregnant at 15. 

The best princess cartoons died in the 90′s anyways. Besides, Disney is changing. Princess and the Frog was good, but I loved Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, and Aladdin much better. Never got into Milan or Pocahontas.

I think I just liked Tangled because finally the princess has two parents!

Where are they getting this information? My daughter loves princesses and I can’t think of one little girl I’ve met who didn’t like them either. They could still have princesses who don’t get married at the end of the movie or wait until they’re ready. Oh well. 

I hate that though I didn’tparticularly go through the princess phase growing up I still loved watching them and hoping one day to find my “prince charming”. But as I watch today’s society its sad to say that very little it put on being independent and able to do things on your own and good education and careers. Its all focused on how we look and such to the point were people make a “career” out of being “hot” and “cool” and besides at least the princess movies gave good conduct and dress attire. Look at the role models that young girls have to look up to not much is out there. 

That is my option yeah might not really be on topic but I just hope that they do more be good and not slutty stuff. 

This is sad that I’m the lame 14 year old listening to Taylor Swift, Watching my favorite classic Sleeping Beauty over and over again cause it reminds me of when I was three, watching my new classic Enchanted cause I adore its story and Amy Adams, I sing all the time around the house which I’m quite good at, dream of becoming an enchanting singer like Taylor when I’m older and I always live in my fairy tale land having my head in the clouds and refusing to come back down to reality…. What am I supposed to do without these movies? Come on! Truthfully, there’s a lot of people like me who don’t care about being cool or hot all we care about is having our fantasy world come on disney stay with your roots, you can do your new stuff but those fairy tales are what made you. Girls need to focus on something different than the stupid old mainstream. Encourage their dreams and not the media….