After reading the past two responses to my Disney princess opinion article and receiving many, shall we say, unsupportive comments from people around campus, I would just like to clarify my thoughts on the Disney Princess issue.

  Firstly, I understand that most princess films were not original stories by Disney writers. However, I strongly believe that the fact these stories were turned into mass-marketed films by Disney says something about our culture.

Because Disney is such a powerful corporation, the images they gave these old stories will forever be associated with them. And there is no reason that Disney had to make all of the princesses small-waisted with large breasts. That was not exactly noted by the Grimm brothers.

  Also, Disney has edited and changed a lot of the stories. And they have taken it upon themselves to change actual history.

  The real Pocahontas, for example, should be a role model to all young girls. However, Disney decided to change her story and leave a lot of very important events out of it to make Pocahontas fit their princess stereotype.

  Many feminist scholars note that instead of representing Pocahontas as the adventurous woman that she was, leaving her home to become an ambassador to Britain, Disney portrays her as accepting the status quo and staying home.

I'm not saying that Disney princess films need to be banned or that there are not worthwhile themes within the films. But it is important that people are aware that Disney films do, at the end of the day, illustrate rather stereotypic woman. If people are aware of this issue, it loses its powerful invisibility, becoming less dangerous.