Tags: Disney, girlie girl culture, pink princess culture camd, premature sexualization, princess culture
Posted May 3rd, 2013, in Asian American Me, Creepy Marketing, Princesses, Why I Wrote CAMD | 164 Comments
Update: The fabulous A Mighty Girl has put a petition up on Change.org asking Disney to keep Merida BRAVE. You can sign it here. So, I was about to commend Disney for doing something right. Yes, I was. The front page story in today’s New York Times reported that the company stopped production of branded merchandise in Bangladesh in March, after the last disaster there: a fire that killed 112 people. To wit: A Disney official told The New York Times on Wednesday that the company had sent a letter to thousands of licensees and vendors on March 4 setting out new rules for overseas production. Less than 1 percent of the factories used by Disney’s contractors are in Bangladesh, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The company’s efforts had accelerated because of the November fire at a factory that labor advocates asserted had made Disney apparel. [...]
Tags: fight fun with fun, fighting back
Posted July 15th, 2011, in Asian American Me, Girl Crush, Japanophila, Recommendations, Recommendations Girls, Recommendations Grown-ups | 12 Comments
Oh my goodness! More good news! The next Studio Ghibli movie, Arietty, will open in the U.S. in February. Ghibli the Japanese company founded by the visionary auteur Hiyao Miyazaki is responsible for the fight-fun-with-fun screen gems My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Ponyo, Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke (not for little ones), all of which feature spectacular, wonderful, natural female protagonists. I could not have gotten through my daughter’s childhood without him. Plus, Miyazaki totally blows out of the water the old chestnut that female protagonists can’t be universal or hold boys’ attention. His creativity puts Pixar to shame. In fact, John Lassiter idolizes Miyazaki. According to an article in the UK Guardian: Ghibli is often lazily dubbed Japan’s answer to Disney, but the comparison only holds true in terms of box-office sales (Spirited Away is still Japan’s all-time top-grossing film – three other Ghibli films are [...]
Tags: Disney, princess culture
Posted February 13th, 2011, in Asian American Me, Hapa Nation, Princesses, Recommendations Girls, Why I Wrote CAMD | 8 Comments
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, before the pall of pink was cast over our land, Disney made the Mulan Movies. And they were good. Especially Mulan II which contains the song that Andy Mooney, head of Disney’s Consumer licensing division would prefer you to forget: Like Other Girls
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