I really liked this reading. It is definitely my favorite
from what we have read in FNED so far. The topics that come up in this reading
are ones that I think about on a daily basis. Every day when I wake up and get
dressed, trying on outfits is always a problem for me. I don’t think I ever
look in the mirror and say I really like what I am wearing. Instead, I think of
things in my head like is this weird? Would this person wear this? I think I saw
a pretty girl in a magazine wearing these kinds of pants with this shirt. I
find myself always judging from what I have seen on TV, in magazines, and so
on. It actually scares me and I wonder if I really have my own style or even my
own opinion. In the reading the girl named Justine says “It can be overwhelming
and discouraging to find out my whole self-image has been formed mostly by
others or underneath my own worries about what I look like are years of being
exposed to TV images of girls and their set roles given to them by TV and the
media.” In the reading it says that this actually depresses Justine and it
almost gives me the same feeling. Obviously
when you’re little you don’t realize what movies and TV shows are “secretly”
teaching you. But as I got older I started to really see that all the
princesses in Disney movies were skinny, beautiful and white. And I have to say
that when I saw the previews for the recent Disney Movie “The Princess and The
Frog” it put a smile on my face to see that the princess is African American.
It gave me hope that our society really is changing. Although it may be a slow
change, I believe we’ll get there some day. Of those who heard about this
movie, seen it, or seen previews, did you feel the same way? That this little
thing of, making an African American princess in a Disney movie, could be the
beginning of more change for us or a little step?
Janelle,
ReplyDeleteNice thoughts! To answer your question, I did feel the same way! When I first saw it I thought wow so much has changed since I was a kid because their kinds of princess movies are different now. i feel like the kids watching it now won't see that as a big deal because soceity has transformed a lot since we were little. However, I feel like if it came out when we were little, it most deffinetly would have been noticeable that the princess was of color. So, that just shows that slowly but surely our society is changing and adapting to those changes.