Welcome back. :)  I’m very glad that you have returned to read this week’s blog. Last week’s post, simply talked about some more of my thoughts towards feminism with a little support from our new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who stated that it shouldn’t be a topic that is difficult to speak of in public. You should always be proud of being a Feminist whether you’re of female or male gender.

To some, this week’s topic might seem childish but I’m going to close study the role of my favorite Disney Princesses and the effects that they’ve brought upon me as a child. I will be presenting two types of princesses, first one will be a general, which helped me learn marvelous morals and values, in my opinion, will bring out the best of thoughts from young children and the second, will be a more of a feminist type.

The consecutive paragraph will talk about a princess who made me grow up as a kind person to those who are unfortunately the opposite of kindness…. Her story, unimportant to this week’s subject by reason of she isn’t a feminist, on the other hand, she is a good role model for young viewers. Her example, can directly emphasize good influence on kids, which hopefully in the future, will help them have an open view on gender norms or anything at all, which it did to me. 

For example, Cinderella (yes, she is my FAVORITE princess) taught me to always be kind, even to those who don’t treat you nicely.  In her case, the root of the problems was her too annoying, bratty and ignorant step sisters and unquestionably step mom, who treated her as a slave and not the daughter of her husband. In spite of all, she forgave them. However, Cinderella isn’t the best example of a feminist princess, but my point in this current paragraph is simply to explain how it had an impact upon me, as well as exceptional values.

The upcoming passage will be more equivalent to my subject

To begin with, this young Scottish princess named Merida, rebels against gender norms; “a set of rules” that label the manner in which a male or female should behave according to society. In the film Brave, she had parents with traditional ideologies, so they planned an arranged marriage where the groom was chosen based on his archery skills. Merida’s happiness was insignificant to them, but they had the kingdom’s ''best interest at heart''. By her tomboyish ways, she had to prove a point by fighting for what she believed in. There is a scene where there were various men competing for her hand in marriage through a sport (this is disapointing) . Merida’s outlook on this arrangement is that in order to have a perfect life, one must have freedom and happiness. As its shown throughout the movie.

How did she prove “Freedom and happiness” to the whole kingdom you might ask?

Merida shot for her own hand, surprising the people of Dunbroch the city they’re from, she blew one’s mind with her headstrong and persuasive self.

Let’s get something straight ight? :p

Merida has such potential, I would compare her to a firework, because no one knows what might occur. She would do anything at all to get through the gender norms and to make sure that her voice is CLEARLY heard, and her view as a girl princess is understood and considered.

Once again, I thank you for taking the time to read my post, Until next time :)

Here are some sources I used as inspiration:

• http://www.bustle.com/articles/101274-a-feminist-ranking-of-all-the-disney-princesses-because-not-every-princess-was-down-for-waiting
• http://www.bustle.com/articles/107099-fact-merida-from-brave-is-disneys-most-feminist-princess