Should we really have a plus-size Disney princess now? (Page 2)

Question

Like a lot of kids, I grew up with those beautiful Disney princesses, from Snow White and Cinderella to Ariel and Belle.  I also grew up with Barbie and yet, I'm not some image-obsessed female who wants to kill herself because she isn't a size 0. :P I think it's dumb to have a  plus-size Disney princess  just because that's the trend now. I don't fat-shame or anything but... really?  Loey Lane  seems to think it's a good idea. I don't know, what does everyone else think?

LaVilaine · Answer

I think it would be nice for there to be a Disney princess that didn't look identical to all the other ones. If you take a look at all the past Disney princesses, they are drawn almost exactly the same way as each other (in that their frames and the shape of their faces is the same). Their princes all have diverse body shapes.

blondfrog · Answer

I can't believe women think that girl is fat lmfao you girls are so jelly I actually call those curvy women and a lot of them can be very attractive. 99% of model industries are female dominated that already tells you everything you need to knwo about "beauty" standards/

TakeMaker · Answer

Fat or just not unrealistically slender?

I don't see it as any worse than the little waifs of women they have now. Neither is realistically a good image. Disney isn't a good image and I'd argue any parent who was complaining Disney girls are having a negative impact should start looking at the stories, that's the real scary bullshit they're selling. The animation should be the least of their worries

PrettyBama · Answer

Being fat is not a trend. Nobody is at a restaurant eating trying to be plus sized. However some people are and they should have representation too. You're secure enough in yourself to like being plus sized but not everyone is as head strong and secure so consider them.

cavmanier · Answer

I think it makes sense to use plus size actors or characters. The majority of the US is plus sized (I'm pretty sure) so it's natural they would have a bias in seeing the world as themselves or at least wanting to be represented. It's like how most actors are white because of the US being mostly white.

Brokenheartedx · Answer

Maybe kids should get off their arses and go out to play like they did in the older days n they wouldn't be so many chunky kids Disney princesses are fantasy make believe they should be left alone

ObscuredBeyond · Answer

We already have Fiona, though she's technically Dreamworks. Why do we need another plus size, when Fiona works fine?

Stranger1996 · Answer

As a man who loves curvy and plus-size women, it would be nice to see Disney finally create a princess of that physique. Not that every future Disney princess has to be plus-size, but pretty much all the past ones are unrealistically thin and that gets to be quite monotonous after a while.

sidthesciencekid · Answer

Just because it didn't make you body conscious and insecure doesn't mean it didn't happen to anyone else. Having a plus-size Disney princess isn't just to show support for those who do struggle with self image issues, its also a message that there shouldn't be one set idea of beauty. Not only Disney but also majority of media demonstrations and plays into an idea that beauty is achieved by having a set list of features or body type or weight. By having a plus-size princess, it shows that you don't have to look a certain way or more specifically have a certain body type to be "beautiful". It presents the fact that anyone with any body type can be beautiful.

Quintessence · Answer

The heck? No.
They're called Fairy Tales for a reason. Magic and enchantments and curses. A perfect, happily ever after. That shit doesn't happen in real life, so why would you expect the characters to resemble real people?
Let fantasy be fantasy FFS.

Cassiebae · Answer

Well, it's the same thing about #giveelsaagirlfriend right? People want a private business to make a banner for whatever PC camp they're a part of.

People cheer for lgbt awareness regardless of whether it actually fits in or improves the story, people cheer for female ghostbusters and look how that ended up.

I'm not saying shouldn't work stuff like that in to be more socially conscious because that's a good thing for children to see. but if it's obvious that the PC part of it is the only reason you made the movie in the first place, and it sucks, then all you're doing is patronizing plus size people. All you'll be doing is patronizing lgbt, or minorities, or whoever.

Let's have a plus size Disney princess, but first let's a good movie with a good moral. That's what's really important.

In-sight-ful · Answer

I think it depends on how big she is. It wouldn't hurt to have a princess who wasn't perfectly proportioned and had some curves in her but we don't need an overweight/obese princess because that can also give young girls the idea that it's okay to be overweight.
I will admit I'm definitely not a size 2 but I am also not obese. I have curves and I'm proud of it but we need young girls to understand that being too big is not an okay thing.

msAlovescookies · Answer

That's a good question... It would be nice for Disney to promote sizes other than "anorexic", but if they make plus sized princesses it may promote obesity... I don't know :/ They'd have to be careful with every detail so the princesses don't look too big.

somebodysaycheese · Answer

As someone who used to be fat I can honestly say I've never looked at a Disney Princess and think "damn she is skinny i have to be skinny also ". thats how i felt about models and celebs.
She is the same one who thinks men can be curvy or that we need lgbt princesses and Prince... like her logic is super flawed.

ichot · Answer

Okay, have your "plus-size" (obese) princess

Just make sure they accurately portray how fat people will be like.
Unable to move as freely, overeating, drives a car everywhere, and gathers in a community of other fat people and complains as a group.

Dreamshipper221 · Answer

I would honestly be really happy to see that. Of course being plus size is different from being obese, but I think its important for girls to know that being a bit huskier than the other girls isn't a problem and they are still beautiful. Seeing all these super petite disney princesses might make them feel bad about themselves so i think a plus sized princess is something they could look up to and help with their self esteem.

fauchelevent · Answer

I don't think there's any problem with it, it'd be kinda cute. There are already lots of bigger Disney characters, there's no problem with having the princess be one of them. But it's not something that I'm actively interested in or want, just not something I see as a bad thing.

Sophiaaaaaa · Answer

The proportions of Disney princesses are messed up. And if Barbie was a real woman with the same proportions, studies show that she won't be able to stand, so I think a realistic, size 12 or 14 princess (the average size of woman (uk size) would be appropriate, more than an obese woman (too much controversy for it to be a sensible option)

VictoriousSausage · Answer

Really just doesn't matter, i think it's fine to have anyone as a princess, just as long as your teach kids about being healthy and about how to look after themselves, i really don't think it's up to us to decide on how someone else lives their life, even if we think they're doing it wrong.

EllieLexis513 · Answer

I don't understand why people think fat people having a movie, cover photo, or modeling contract = obesity promoting. Has it occurred to you that maybe it's just recognizing that not every is nor wants to be skinny? I'm sorry, but me seeing a fat girl on a magazine cover doesn't make me want to be fat at all. So seeing a fat princess isn't going to make me be okay with being fat, either.

I don't care if there is a one, but I don't see why sooooooo many people would be against it.

evenlift · Answer

If feminists are destroying themselves, I'm all for it.

Mishan97 · Answer

I don't think it matters. Disney and toys didn't really shape my body image cause when I was young I didn't really care about how my body looked lol. But if people see a problem with slim princess then I think they could add diversity by making princesses that have thicker legs and slightly wider waists but seeing a princess with like a double and a huge stomach would just look weird to me

awesometjgreen · Answer

Maybe but then it's like saying it's Okay to be fat which I guess is okay if you want to be but we shouldn't encourage little girls to be fat. But it could be good for those that can't lose the weight. But then also I think that it would raise controversy if they made the story of the movie her trying to lose the weight or something

Fearless_banana · Answer

No what the fuck are we promoting now.. obesity? Cmon.

Sunflower19 · Answer

Honestly I don't see little girls or even girls around my age obsessing to have a body like Ariel, Belle, Cinderella etc. So I don't see how girls are going to be obsessive if a plus sized princess is on there.. It won't promote "obesity". Just like the princesses now don't promote to have a thin body. If that was the case every single girl in this world would be thin.

Gingerbread77 · Answer

Kids these days are beginning to think it's good to be fat. Or they think it's good to be super skinny both are extremes that come with health problems. And someone can be plus size and be a healthy weight for their height. But being overweight is very unhealthy as well as being super underweight.

EnigmaStigma · Answer

Honestly I could care less about Disney and it's exploitation of girls period.. but that's another topic for another day.
What I do think is hilarious is how fat=unhealthy automatically while skinny=healthy. Some of the most unhealthy people I know are very skinny but because of genetics their body is still slim. No matter that their borderline diabetic from their lifestyle choices bc... hey... they're skinny and that's all that makes someone "healthy" in our world. 😒

larosie · Answer

Children already copy what they see on tv, so maybe it could lead children to believe that obesity is ok. I have no problem with overweight people but I don't think it's a lifestyle we should promote to children.

Wouldn't it be good if they created a healthy sized Disney princess? Not overly skinny and not overweight.

uhhihello · Answer

It's stupid as fuck. Seriously what is it, fat girls run the world now? Disney princesses have always been slim and that's how it should be. I don't know why dumb ass feminists/fat people are literally trying to change everything. ALSO, kids don't give a fuck about a princess being fat, you know they are making a fat Barbie doll now too? Like wtf?

Stephbs2 · Answer

No! I don't agree with the "starving" looks but it's an horrible idea to teach kids that is okay to be fat! That's just unhealthy! America already has a problem with obesity if they start to put it like a good thing in TV and movies it's going to get even worse.

Cthulhu · Answer

The BEST way of highlighting how thin disney princesses are, is by adding in an overweight one. I'm not against it, but in the wrong hands they're gonna make some character that her personality IS her weight. Maybe if they made the effort to show the consequences to show the issues caused with being too heavy, and had a character work to lose weight - and maybe not get skinny- but become healthy, then you've actually taught kids a helpful lesson... if done right.

godfatherfan · Answer

I think the girl in the picture is the perfect size. What do you want? some skinny, unrealistic, high maintenance princess? The fact is that the "Rich" of old used to be very heavy. Being fat was the sign of wealth.

spoonman2014 · Answer

Yes as long as we can stress the difference between being a big girl, big person, overweight due to health issues and a person who is a gelatinous blob who's hero is jabba the hut they put powdered sugar on everything while they eat your entire family

GodHelpMe · Answer

I think it should have been done ages ago, however doing it now is stupid. I don't think they should have a fat Disney princess, just for the sake of hopping onto a trend set by other companies. They need to face issues like this before it's the latest trend, or it will seem as if they're intentionally making it controversial to make more money.

CHARismatic110 · Answer

No, the plus size slots are only reserved for villains.

Anonymous · Answer

Being secure in your own skin is one thing, promoting unhealthy diets and ignorance to what it is doing to you is another. I find it interesting that fat men are simply on the bottom of the dating pool and no one gives a shit, but fat women feel entitled to have no downside to their massive backsides.

Sexualchrist · Answer

If they made a plus size Disney princess, every fat girl in highschool would just be compared to her and ridiculed.

glock33sig357 · Answer

I don't care and here is why i say this Hollywood and Disney portray black men in it's media as the villain, gangster, drug-dealer and the village idiot but if i look to them to validate who i am as a person on screen out of principle it will never happen; MONEY is what matters , if pissing me or anyone can make them millions they'll do it.

Mrwoo99 · Answer

No absolutely not! The last thing we want to be doing is promoting obesity culture, women are too fat as it is general without having girls looking up to fat women as role models. Feminism is really damaging the western hemisphere with all this toxic ideology and social engineering. Why do we need a fat Disney Princess? that is just so wrong!

Joesyyyywhales · Answer

LOL... no. I dont have a problem fat girls. I'm just not going to lie to myself or her by telling her she's beautiful the way she is. You're not doing fat girls a favor by doing that either, unless they're actively trying to lose weight. That I can respect.

niahc · Answer

Frankly, I find it narcissistic for people to constantly claim they feel left out because a cartoon character doesn't include every kind of special snowflake. Lets stop being obsessed with our body image and just appreciate fiction the way it is.

TatyanaTheEmpress · Answer

Oh yeah, what's next... bodybuilder Disney princesses?

Prettygurl12 · Answer

Anyone who can't tell that the animated princesses aren't fake then they're stupid.

rgb008 · Answer

Absolutely not. Last thing we need to do is "romanticize" obesity.

samhradh_leannan · Answer

I don't think we necessarily need a plus sized Disney princess, although seeing a little more variety in body size and shape would be nice. However, I certainly don't see anything WRONG with having one.

Anonymous · Answer

Being underweight and overweight are two problems that are just as bad as each other. The way Disney princesses are never convinced me to want to be skinnier or look like them, dressing up was just as fun for me! ;) no one should be given the image that is simply impossible and no matter what, at the end of the day skinnier will always be 'healthier' and im not saying that's true but that's what is proposed to everyone. If Disney princesses did have a bit more 'plump' and size to them, I don't think it would make much of a difference of what young children think of them. It's the stories and the child's imagination that really matters, not the size or the image of the character. X

Anonymous · Answer

Seriously, Do we seriously need to try and please everyone, whatever happened to people having thicker skin.. Although I agree that we want to give the best to children to accept themselves and others, but girls idolize those princesses and want to be like them, Having said that I am considered overweight and I would not want my child to think eating excessively is ok, I am trying to be better for my own health.

Anonymous · Answer

Why promote obesity? It's not healthy. Obesity is a cause of heart disease. We want unhealthy obese kids passing away at an early age? Um no. They should make a fit Disney princess to teach them to be active and not sit inside all day and play PlayStation. If you're obese and happy all the power to you but you know what your risking kids do not.

MrAssHat · Answer

Yes! lets teach all our children its ok to be a fat ass!

Shpongolia · Answer

No. This whole idea of body positivity (aka healthy at any size) movement needs to be taken behind the barn and shot.

melme16 · Answer

Nope. That's accepting obesity which in all honesty is not healthy. Do why os society accepting it?

Wouldn't that make obesity ok for kids if we start accepting?

Obesity is an epidemic and we can't encourage it more.

SoAddicted · Answer

Ew she's fat wtf. Why can't they promote HEALTHINESS?

Blonde401 · Answer

I don't see why not. It's just representative of the fuller figured woman, I'm not saying there should be an obese princess but it'd be nice to see a thicker one. Disney princess have unrealistic body proportions as it is.

_NoOodle_ · Answer

It's about the time we consider a woman beautiful not about how skinny she is or how much makeup she wears. Woman are just wonderfully beautiful naturally, some skinny, some curvy :-)

Love, peace, happiness, hugs and cuddles :-)

Heiho101 · Answer

If some "plus size" comes along and auditions for something disney and gets the role on the merit of her performance, then sure. Not in to the whole "there should by more of x in y because diversity yada yada".

PhoenixItalian · Answer

Considering none of the characters are skinny due to anorexia or crack-whoredom, they all represent good health in their image through being active and not binge eating. It doesn't matter at all that fat girls can make excuses and find skinny girls that are unhealthy, those minorities are not what has historically been presented nor will it be.

Omar5881 · Answer

Princesses are like " wanna be in the future " for little girls so we give them unhealthy figure to copy or give them a healthy figure? Of course a healthy figure and besides even if the characters looks unreal it's meant to be unreal because it's a story

Centerino · Answer

I don't really care, though it does concern me at how much of a lax attitude society has to being overweight, especially as being overweight is linked with numerous potential health problems.

Alex88F · Answer

what about and overweight princess with bipolar disorder, self harming problems, pansexual, feminist and from a jew descendency? oh, and make her black, so it's totally impossible to move a normal critic to her BS without being labeled racist

C'MON

DivaMonae · Answer

Hey why not? Disney wants kids to learn to accept and take pride on who they are and if they can have a lesbian princess why can't they have a plus sized one?

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