The Phantom Disney Princess
She's a Disney Princess who's smart and confident, friendly and loyal, rebellious and brave - but you won't see much of her in the Disney Store. The post The Phantom Disney Princess appeared first on...
View ArticleYou want Princess Leia at the Disney Store? You may be waiting a while…
A mini update to my earlier post about the lack of Leia in the Disney Store. To recap: Disney have owned Star Wars since 2012. But despite carrying a range of other Star Wars merchandise in the Disney...
View ArticleA Dispatch From The Gender Frontline (I Went to Some Toy Shops)
Needing to kill an hour or so, I took a stroll around the Westfield London shopping centre this week. I naturally gravitated towards the toy shops, and I decided to amuse myself by indulging in a spot...
View ArticleTop Five Awesome Alternatives to Disney Princesses
If you're tired of all the trappings of princess culture cluttering up your family lives, here are five awesome alternatives to inspire and empower your little girls. The post Top Five Awesome...
View ArticleWill the ‘DC Super Hero Girls’ Line be the Princess Alternative I’m Looking For?
Superheroes are for boys. That’s a fact. What’s also true, but less accepted, is that superheroes are for girls too. So it’s great that DC and Warner are acknowledging this with their new project ‘DC...
View ArticleGirls Long to be Princesses… and Superheroes, and Monsters, and More
This week we finally had our daughter’s 4th Birthday party. It was two and a half weeks after her actual 4th birthday because we couldn’t book our hall of choice earlier. But this had been on our minds...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and (Mostly) Love Frozen
If you have a young daughter, one thing has been inescapable over the past few years – Frozen. As a dad of a girl, evangelised by Cinderella Ate My Daughter, I had zero interest in showing it to my...
View ArticleReinventing Princesses: The League of Extraordinary Ladies
Me: “What did you do at school today?” 4yo: “Played princesses.” Now, this answer should horrify me. I hate princesses, and their pastel domination of our girls’ childhoods. As a brand, they represent...
View ArticleEmma Watson as Belle: Hopefully more than just a girl in a yellow party dress…
Seeing images of Emma Watson as Belle from Disney’s live-action remake of their animated hit Beauty and the Beast, reminds me of one of the issues with the way the Disney Princess brand is marketed and...
View ArticleCelebrating Disney Princesses of Colour
As parents of a mixed race daughter, it’s important we include representations of women of colour in stories, films, and toys she engages with. The post Celebrating Disney Princesses of Colour appeared...
View ArticleI’m excited for Frozen 2 – but not a new wave of sexist merchandise
Frozen (2013) was released just shy of 2 years into me being the parent of a daughter. I was at the height of my determination that the princess-industrial complex was not going to dominate her...
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