why a fat princess

waltdisneyconfessions:

“I honestly don’t understand why some people want a fat princess. Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t got anything against fat people but what about the fat muse from Hercules? She’s a Goddess, for heaven’s sake! Goddess trumps princess in my book anyday.”

She’s an incredibly minor character in the movie, that’s why? If she had switched places with Meg it would be one thing, but I don’t think it’s hard to understand why fat people do not appreciate always being relegated to the sidelines.

It’s not really about whether the person is specifically a princess, a muse, a goddess, a superhero, whatever (although it would be nice to have a princess since that is a billion dollar industry every little girl is exposed to, unlike the nonexistent Disney Goddess Line, or whatnot)- it’s about seeing people like you/people like the people you love represented in a positive way on screen. And not just once every 2 decades, but frequently. It’s about finally seeing someone that looks like you star as a main character and not have part of the movie be other characters joking about the person’s size/eating habits/physical capabilities whatever, which tends to be a depressing mirror of what people experience everyday in their lives.

“Don’t get be wrong” statements should always be followed, in the person’s mind, by some deep reflection as to why it’s likely people are getting them “wrong,” because most of the time it’s owing to the fact that what you’re saying and thinking really are problematic on some level and you just haven’t been able to admit it to yourself yet…