This article contains a few swear words, and discusses the idea of sexual assault with regards to kissing. Please read at your own discretion.
Ladies, when you were a little girl, what did you ultimately want to be when you grew up? Well, I wanted to be a princess. Who didn’t? Beautiful dresses, a handsome prince, getting to live in a castle! Super cute sidekicks (hello, Flounder, Raja and Abu!)
So who do you look to for inspiration when that’s what you want to be? Disney movies!
Now, I love Disney. I grew up with a love for everything Disney, took two trips while in my 20s and felt like I was five years old again when I walked through Cinderella’s castle. Now that I have a daughter, I can’t wait for her to experience the magic of these fairy tales. However, to be fair, Disney does have it’s flaws.
For those of you who follow them on Instagram, the account 6ixbuzzTV had a post about the backlash that Disney’s Snow White and the revamped Disneyland ride was now facing due to the final scene. If you’re interested, you can read that article here. For those of you who don’t remember, Prince Charming shows up at the end and awakens Snow White with a kiss. Cancel Culture has come for this fairy tale, claiming that the featured kiss is non-consensual. More on that in just a minute.
A few years ago, for a Public Speaking class in college, an assignment required me to pick a topic that I had an opinion on, write a convincing speech and present…
