“I think, currently, their characters send a specific message about beauty and happiness,” Elman tells CafeMom. “All these characters have a happy ending, so what does that mean for people who don’t look like them?” So body-positive activists Elman and Wooldridge dressed up as Snow White and Rapunzel, respectively, to give us the princesses we need. More from CafeMom: 10 Disney Princesses Reimagined as Moms Like US — They Mostly Need Naps Wooldridge felt similarly when it came to how villains were portrayed. “… the fatter (and thus ‘uglier’) characters were the villains or the comic relief,” she wrote on Instagram. “Ursula or LeFou. Queen of Hearts or Philoctetes. In fairytales, it seemed that the thin and beautiful got the happiest ending, and the fat and unconventional, for the most part, didn’t.” Elman tells CafeMom that she hopes her and Wooldridge’s photos prove to Disney and others how powerful it is for everyone to feel represented. More from CafeMom: Photographer Transforms Newborns into Tiny Disney Princesses & the Photos Are Magical Let’s hope Disney takes note of this message, and that some more diverse princesses (and princes, for that matter) are headed to a theater near us.
title: “These Women Dressed Up As Plus Size Disney Princesses” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-13” author: “Theresa Coppin”
“I think, currently, their characters send a specific message about beauty and happiness,” Elman tells CafeMom. “All these characters have a happy ending, so what does that mean for people who don’t look like them?” So body-positive activists Elman and Wooldridge dressed up as Snow White and Rapunzel, respectively, to give us the princesses we need. More from CafeMom: 10 Disney Princesses Reimagined as Moms Like US — They Mostly Need Naps Wooldridge felt similarly when it came to how villains were portrayed. “… the fatter (and thus ‘uglier’) characters were the villains or the comic relief,” she wrote on Instagram. “Ursula or LeFou. Queen of Hearts or Philoctetes. In fairytales, it seemed that the thin and beautiful got the happiest ending, and the fat and unconventional, for the most part, didn’t.” Elman tells CafeMom that she hopes her and Wooldridge’s photos prove to Disney and others how powerful it is for everyone to feel represented. More from CafeMom: Photographer Transforms Newborns into Tiny Disney Princesses & the Photos Are Magical Let’s hope Disney takes note of this message, and that some more diverse princesses (and princes, for that matter) are headed to a theater near us.
