[PHOTOS] 10 Inspiring Real-Life Female Role Models Transformed Into Disney Princesses
When artist David Trumble saw the sexy makeover Disney had given “Brave” Princess Merida, he was as appalled as everyone, and he decided to use his artistic skills to show his concern.
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Image via womenyoushouldknow.netHere's what the artist, David Trumble, had to say about the project:
“This was a response to the furor kicked up over the glossy ‘princessification’ of Pixar’s Merida character, both in image and doll form. I drew this picture because I wanted to analyze how unnecessary it is to collapse a heroine into one specific mold, to give them all the same sparkly fashion, the same tiny figures, and the same homogenized plastic smile.
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“My experience of female role models both in culture and in life has shown me that there is no mold for what makes someone a role model, and the whole point of Merida was that she was a step in the right direction, providing girls with an alternative kind of princess."
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"Then they took two steps back, and painted her with the same glossy brush as the rest. So I decided to take 10 real-life female role models, from diverse experiences and backgrounds, and filter them through the Disney princess assembly line."
Trumble points out that the reaction to the series has been mixed, some people, for one, don’t seem to get that it’s satire, but he’s glad of the discussion it’s stirred up:
“…it was a polarizing image, but I suppose that’s the point. The statement I wanted to make was that it makes no sense to put these real-life women into one limited template, so why then are we doing it to our fictitious heroines?"
"Fiction is the lens through which young children first perceive role models, so we have a responsibility to provide them with a diverse and eclectic selection of female archetypes."
womenyoushouldknow.net"Now, I’m not even saying that girls shouldn’t have princesses in their lives, the archetype in and of itself is not innately wrong, but there should be more options to choose from. So that was my intent, to demonstrate how ridiculous it is to paint an entire gender of heroes with one superficial brush. But that’s just me.”
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