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Since Snow White is 74 years old, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty is 52 and Belle from Beauty And The Beast is a decrepit 20 years old, Disney, the font of all things princessy, has created a new princess, just for little girls. Really little: Youngsters between ages 2 and 7 years old. More »
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We're beginning to wonder how long it could possibly take to teach someone to keep her pinky out while drinking tea. The Duchess Formerly Known As Kate Middleton is reportedly still undergoing training on how to be a royal six months after her wedding. A royal source reports: More »
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Women care about the royalty and their lives more than men do. In Great Britain, for example: More »
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Is Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs. Evil the antidote to the contemporary obsession with princesses? Its director Mike Disa seems to think so. On HuffPo, he calls it, "a funny, exciting, action film starring two powerful and well rounded female characters. Neither one a princess. Both of them heroes." Watch the trailer and see for yourself. Oh yeah — it also features Amy Poehler. More »
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"An American woman who dreamed of becoming an English princess is setting up a luxury summer camp for little girls who want to be the next Kate Middleton." Can we get an "oh dear?" More »
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For $1,600-$1,900, Cinderella Bespoke will consult with you to design a gown in whatever style, fabric, and size your little princess wants. Not that she'll be wearing it: "The products are museum quality dresses and are not toys." More »
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Brides in Great Britain are worried, very worried! What if their wedding falls on the same day as the wedding between Prince Awesome and Future Princess Shinyhair?! More »
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In the latest of Second City's Cartoon Princess videos, Snow White discusses the importance of being fair, why you should never eat fruit, and notes, "you know you've made it as the prettiest person when everyone wants to kill you. " More »
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The United States has no monarchy. We pride ourselves on being a democratic society, and often seem to strive towards meritocracy. But now that there's going to be a royal wedding in the UK, we are all in a tizzy! More »
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"I like to dress up in different kinda clothes, and jewelry," says Dyson, age 5. He especially likes to dress up like a princess. More »
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Sometimes, gendered messages to children are subtly coded. And sometimes, as in the case of the Christian Royal Purpose camps, boys are sword-rattling warrior princes and girls are pink-clad princesses. Check out these videos. More »
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According to Cracked.com's analysis of Disney movies, the films teach kids there's nothing weird about kissing unconscious girls, hooking up with your siblings is quality family time, and 16-year-olds who marry guys they barely know live happily ever after. [Cracked] More »
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Japan's Princess Aiko has been pulled from school following a bullying incident with a group of boys. Like kids all over the world, the second grader complained of stomachache and anxiety, and did not want to return to class. [AP] More »
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What do the Wicked Stepmother, Medea, Pandora and Lilith have in common? They're all badass bitches, and they're all getting a revamp. At least, if Lillian Slugocki's call for submissions works out the way she hopes it will. More »
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NPR's Guy Raz visited a Target in Washington, D.C. and checked up on sales of the doll based on Tiana from The Princess And The Frog. He says: More »
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A new study reports that when 121 girls, ages 3-6, were asked to pick the "real princess" from a photo collection of girls in ballerina costumes, 50 percent of the girls chose the thinnest ballerina. Is Disney to blame? More »
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The Princess and the Frog is finally here! How does it measure up? After the jump, critics weigh in on Disney's first Black princess. More »
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The other night, I was channel surfing. On TLC? Obese and Pregnant. One channel up, and I found a guy attempting to demolish an inhuman pile of fries on Man Versus Food. And we wonder why kids are weight-obsessed: More »
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The description for God's Little Princess Devotional Bible reads: "Girls long to be loved and adored, and give their heart to their hero." CaitieCat of Shakesville replies: "I have no words and I must scream." Well, I have words: More »
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We love this deconstruction of six famous princess characters. But If you still believe in fairy tales, then you might be interested in a Disney engagement ring. The seven dwarves did work in a mine. [Sociological Images, NY Daily News] More »
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•  After pleading guilty to rape, Torkieh Sadagheh freaked out in court, screaming that the judge was "worse than Hitler" and "In America, sex is legal!" He got 15 years for the rape and a $1,000 fine. •  More »
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Today, the Times of London has a piece by Sarah Ebner which asks, "Is the princess stereotype harming our daughters?" Coincidentally, this morning we got an email from a reader with this screenshot from the Dutch Boy paint web site. More »
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In addition to spreading the gospel of Princesshood, Disney is now being accused of elevating heterosexuality to "powerful, magical" heights. More »
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The other day, I saw a toddler on the subway sporting a rhinestone-bedecked t-shirt bearing the words "Baby Bitch. Bow Down." I declined her kind offer. But not because, like some people, I think she's ruining society. More »
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Do you like fairy tales? Of course you do. You have a vagina. "Every woman's secret dream is to be the heroine in a fairy tale," Sarah Haskins explains. Naturally, commercials make this dream come true. More »
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Just this year alone, Disney believes it will make nearly 4 billion dollars internationally off of their "Disney Princesses" brand, a marketing scheme that has set off a wave of "princess fever" amongst young girls. More »
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• Has Snow White been given a sexy makeover in recent years? • Meanwhile, why doesn't Disney capitalize on its trove of female villains like it has with its princesses? We know some angsty tweens who would love that. • France's Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde, is cool and collected as she prepares for an emergency summit meeting of world leaders in Washington this weekend. • The family of an 11-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome is suing their Manhattan co-op, whicih placed strict conditions on letting the boy get a medically necessary dog despite the co-op's no-pets rule. • More »
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Yesterday on EW's Popwatch blog, Mandi Bierley pondered watchingSleeping Beauty, with her soon-to-be niece, realizing there are worrisome things in it. “The first gift the good fairies bestow upon the baby Princess Aurora is beauty, and she is engaged at 16,” she writes, adding, “Seriously, what do you do?” More »
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While anti-Monarchists are unlikely to give a toss, those aspiring queens with an allegiance to Rome will be glad to hear that the 300 year-old law that prevents Catholics from ascending to the British throne (or marrying rulers!) is being challenged by those who claim the archaic legislation flies it the face of the Sex Discrimination Act and the Human Rights Act. The Act of Settlement, obvs cooked up by Puritan types to ensure Protestant government, not only implicitly rules out Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Pagans etc. but, just to cover all its bases, also states that men rank above women. I guess we can conceivably see how they'd want a Protestant to be head of the Church of England, but the spouse thing? Um, those of us who like crowns beg to differ. [The F Word] More »
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Not only are tweens getting spa treatments — it's this brand new trend that no one can stop talking about! — but preschoolers are getting in on the action. 4-year-old Diamond was featured on this morning's episode of the Mike & Juliet Show. She's been getting spa treatments since she was two and boy, does she love it. It relaxes her, says her mother. (Because being a four-year-old is so taxing.) Her mother also wants Diamond to know that she's a princess "in my eyes and in God's eyes." Sigh. Clip above. More »
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Disney's world may be rife with princesses, brides, bridesmaids and flower girls, but what happens after the wedding? You know, when said princesses get peas in their pods? Well L.A. Times writer Rosa Brooks points out that mothers don't fare very well in the wonderful world of Walt: "Pause for a moment to consider the fate of the princesses' mommies in those Disney movies. Cinderella and Snow White? Mothers killed off by mysterious illnesses. Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin? Mothers all missing; presumed dead." You know, because once you're over 25, you might as well be dead anyway. [LAT via WIMNs Voices] More »
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Disney. Whether you love it or hate it, it's everywhere. The man, the myth, the mouse, the movies, the Land, the World, the Princesses. The bridesmaid dresses! An American childhood is an immersion in Disney culture. It starts with the films, infiltrates the toys, and, in some cases becomes integral to vacation and career goals. And when you're all grown up? You can live in Celebration, Florida. Seth Stevenson spent some time in the planned community and wrote about the experience for Slate. Even though, at first, "Everything looks waaaaay too perfect" "manufactured" "scrubbed of individuality," Stevenson admits to liking the post office and the movie theater. Uh oh! Brainwashed by the mouse! More »
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The rampant jackassery of the UK tabloid the Daily Mail's "Femail" section is generally so ludicrous that it can't be taken seriously. Even so, there was an article today called "I'm A FEMALE Male Chauvinist - And Proud Of It" that's so hilariously sexist that we felt the need to call it out, along with the other, equally absurd/offensive stories in the section (by the way, this is the same paper that relished in pointing out Kim Cattrall's cellulite yesterday. For those of you who enjoy retribution, the Gallery of the Absurd subjects DM owner Paul Dacre to his own brand of physical scrutiny). Anyway, back to the Female Male Chauvinist, Angela Epstein, who thinks women are not equipped to handle situations where "power is absolute." More »
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Last week, in Barbara Ehrenreich's Huffington Post essay entitled "Bonfire Of The Princesses," the Nickel And Dimed author wrote: "Disney likes to think of the Princesses as role models, but what a sorry bunch of wusses they are. Typically, they spend much of their time in captivity or a coma, waking up only when a Prince comes along and kisses them... The Princesses have no ambitions and no marketable skills, although both Snow White and Cinderella are good at housecleaning." Today, Trey Ellis posts a rebuttal, "In Defense Of Princesses." As a father, Ellis has a different perspective. More »
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