The bravery and audacity of 1998’s Mulan ( Ming-Na Wen) is a far-cry from the domesticity and nearly complete silence of 1937’s Snow White, and that was before the turn of the millennium.įirst and foremost, she isn’t the protagonist of her story. But, at least since it became bankable to do so, the studio has made its protagonists progressively more proactive and outspoken. Nor has the company been on any sort of vanguard regarding changes in the way women are portrayed in media. Look, let’s not delude ourselves that Disney has become a great champion for intersectional feminism, promoting debates on gender and sexuality that take into consideration the many racial and class disparities that afflict our society. And the House of Mouse has listened to the complaints of these most politically aware movie-goers. There has been a lot of debate about how these animated films can narrow down young girls’ world vision and how they perpetuate damaging beauty standards, heteronormativity, and white supremacy.
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