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11/24/09
You know... Tyra is the original black doll... EVE!
Tyty:"Shaden did you know that I played a black doll in a movie? I'm very pretty, always have been. I used to model. Back in the days I lived with lots of models in Paris. Do you feel pretty now?"
11/24/09
I mentioned yesterday in a post that I did a childrens' entertainment gig for a while, and one of my go-to assignments was princess. The main reason for this was I had the "right" body type for it - our princess costumes only got so big, and at one point I heard about a mom requesting me over one of my friends because she was a little hippier, and I seemed "more like a princess".
The dress that fit me the best was one that looked very similar to Aurora's in Sleeping Beauty. But I have brown hair, so I would consistently get girls coming up to me and saying I couldn't really be Aurora because of my hair, and I couldn't be Snow White because my dress wasn't right. (Note- the company had no affiliation to Disney... this connection came completely from the kids).
So, the long and the short of it is that it doesn't surprise me at all that this Disney princess is a big step (frog leap?) forward.
However, the fact that these kids use Disney princesses as a map for their images of beauty, is a whole other thing, and one that no amount of ethnically diverse princesses is going to solve.
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You know when I was a kid in my dreams I was always white with long straight hair. And when I dreamt of having children they were always white. Can you imagine the sense of identity loss that comes with living and breathing in an environment that you have to struggle to relate to.
Small steps of progress but progress all the same.
11/24/09
When you are bombarded with the same types of images non-stop, especially at such a young age, I think it is difficult to differentiate between your reality and the reality being portrayed in the mass media culture.
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#tips
11/24/09
and um well she was the combination of 3 ethnicities ( indian, arab, african) , two of which are NOT middle-eastern, PLUS her dad was a white anglo.
so yea maybe i feel more confused than awkward.
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#tips
12/01/09
The Sultan isn't necessarily a white anglo. There are plenty of light skinned Middle Eastern people, and since he is the Sultan, there's the whole thing with royalty not being out in the sun as much, which would make him lighter in addition to possibly being naturally light skinned. And he has that massive beard and hat, and is mostly covered, so you don't really see much skin.
I'm assuming you are Middle Eastern yourself, and I hope I'm not offending you or coming across as condescending (if you already know everything I'm saying)... but I think saying "(insert race) doesn't look like that!" can often be just as offensive as saying "this is what (insert race) looks like!" If it were live action, and white actors were getting parts in Middle Eastern roles that Middle Eastern actors were being denied, then that's different... But I think that all of the characters in Aladdin were intentionally and unambiguously Middle Eastern. The way they played up different features for the good guys vs. the bad guys is another story, but I don't think they were suggesting that any of them were white.
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''The Sultan isn't necessarily a white anglo. There are plenty of light skinned Middle Eastern people, and since he is the Sultan, there's the whole thing with royalty not being out in the sun as much, which would make him lighter in addition to possibly being naturally light skinned ''
I really doubt Disney took all that into account..
12/01/09
It isn't really that complex. It's not like they gave him long blonde hair and bright blue eyes. He could easily be Middle Eastern. I just think, out of all the things you could say are wrong with Aladdin, the Sultan's *possible* anglo-ness isn't really worth the fight...
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11/24/09
When I go on the Tyra Show, under my face it will say:
rodmanstreet, 24
feels fat because Lady Kluck was the nearest depiction of her in Disney films
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(In all seriousness though, this little girl is adorable, someone should have been reassuring her that she's gorgeous way before this.)
11/24/09
Same with me! Before I saw Snow White I thought I was a weirdo for living with seven little people who supported me.
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*gets excited about Disney gear for the first time since Aladdin*
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#tips
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In case you missed the SNL with Gerard Butler;
[www.hulu.com]
11/24/09
It's not just because he's one of the world's two best tennis players and worth about $50 million and speaks three languages fluently and can dance that I think he's one of the Planet's Yummiest Men.
11/24/09
11/25/09
Are you new to Jez? Go into the search box and type darling Roger's name. You may get sick of seeing my posts, but you will find lots of lovely pictures, and also, more comrades.
(I'm also a rather ardent fan of Rafa and Juan Martín. We don't bash here. Unless it's the Djoker. Just kidding. Also still mourning Marat's retirement - that will take awhile.)
You can start here:
Roger Federer Reaches Out
and make sure you look at the sidebar to the right for more.
Enjoy!
11/25/09
#tips
11/24/09
*No offense to Nefarious Newt meant by this comment.
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I loved that show, let's pretend the other one didn't exist, ok?
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