Leftovers
• 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. •
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mouse traps
The oft-criticized Disney Princesses are big business for the Mouse Company, and an American childhood means being fluent in the language of castles, charming princes and "happily ever after." But the number one DVD on Amazon and Barnes & Noble right now is
Tinker Bell, a movie about the fairy best known for her jealous, protective friendship with Peter Pan. But this new Tinker Bell is different from the old Tinker Bell — for one thing, she has a voice. And while she may not exactly be gainfully employed, unlike the Princesses, Tinker Bell has some kind of occupation: She fixes stuff.
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The reign of terror of Disney Bridal continues! And while this is the second season the line has presented looks for
brides and their
maids, this is the
first time they've offered up looks for flower girls, too. We say if you want your flower girl to look like a Disney princess, just go to your favorite local party store right after Halloween and pick up some costumes on clearance. But that's just us. Fairy princess looks for a demographic that still believes in fairy princesses, after the jump.
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Remember the Disney Bridal collection
from yesterday? Guess what: It's not just for brides! Yup: the soon-to-be betrothed can include their
bridesmaids in their princess-themed nuptials. Just like the wedding dresses, the bridesmaids collection is "inspired" by Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White and each includes three styles of bridesmaids gowns. Fortunately, we find them to be a little more like their princess namesakes than the wedding dresses were. The Disney Bridal Fall 2008 bridesmaid collection, after the jump.
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Have you heard? Disney, the very same company that has been selling young girls the myth that if we sit around on your asses long enough, a prince will come and whisk you us off our feet, is now selling young women wedding dresses inspired by the various Disney princesses: Ariel from
The Little Mermaid, Belle from
Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Jasmine from
Aladdin. The new Disney Bridal collection, now in its second season, rehashes the worst bridal design stereotypes and repackages them into looks that resemble those in the Disney movies we saw as kids... if we squint our eyes real hard, that is. After the jump, behold the latest collection by Disney Bridal designer Kirstie Kelly for grown women who want to dress like animated drawings.
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Jezebel
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]
