STOP DISNEY FROM TRADEMARKING DIA DE LOS MUERTOS! I am signing this petition to stop Walt Disney from appropriating and exploiting Mexican religion and culture.Dia de los Muertos is a religious observance during which people, and particularly native peoples, in Mexico, the United States, and abroad, honor ancestors and loved ones who have died. This important religious, spiritual, and cultural observance pre-dates the invasion of Mexico by the Spanish. We celebrate and honor our deceased loved ones by making altars and placing offerings of food such as pan de muertos baked in shapes of skulls and figures, candles, incense, yellow marigolds known as cempaxochitl, and offering prayers and the smoke of copal.an article about this in case you’re itching for a quick source, there’s also some posted with the petitition
I am surprised that Disney went that far… that’s pretty far. Guess I should know not to be surprised by now…
ASIAN AMERICAN DISNEY PRINCESSES:
by Kim (annakimskywalker) & Donnie (donniekompany)
11x17 inkjet prints
Most of us grew up watching Disney classics featuring the beautiful Disney princesses we all know and love. Disney was and continues to be a staple in the lives of many children. However, despite how much we admired these princesses, it was difficult relating to them because they didn’t physically represent us. Take a look at any Disney princess product and you will see the preference towards the White princesses, white washing of princesses of color (skin color, facial features, etc), and the shoving of these princesses to the side.In the 76 years since Snow White was released, there have been 11 (soon to be 12) Disney princesses, only 4 of whom are women of color (Jasmine in 1992, Pocahontas in 1995, Mulan in 1998, and Tiana in 2009). It took 55 yearsto portray a woman of color as a princess, and these portrayals also came with problematic and inaccurate representations of their respective cultures & histories (not to mention Tiana was a frog more than half of the movie).
How are young APIA children supposed to believe in “happy endings” when we don’t see them happening to people who look like us?
All of the above was the inspiration behind this photoshoot. We believe physically showing some of our favorite princesses as Asian American women will allow us to build more of a connection with the princesses who weren’t women of color, but who still possess qualities we admire and/or see in ourselves.
**These are just 5 of the 15 we recently showed at our university’s Asian American Studies Expo.
Andrea as Sleeping Beauty
Henna as Belle
Cat as Cinderella
Young as Snow White
Jenny as TinkerbellPhotography/lighting: Kim
Hair/makeup/wardrobe: Donnie
Editing: Kim & Rachelle
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DISNEY HAVE STOLEN MY ARTWORK
I don’t know what to do. I am so upset. Can anyone help me?
My painting was created back in 2010, (see it HERE) and since then so many people have expressed their love for it, not just on tumblr, but in many places. At least 9 people had it tattooed on their bodies. It’s one of my favourite images I created at University and I was proud of it in many ways.
Disney have used it on a cosmetics bag HERE (look at the back)
and they have produced a Tshirt HERE with a really similar design clearly modeled from my paintingI’m so mad because I have no chance at getting Disney to do anything about it. I had so much respect for the company and now I am just SO upset and disappointed.
Any help, advice or signal boosting would be amazing. And thank you so much to the kind person who messaged me about this.
I’m so sorry this happened to you, it really is a beautiful painting! I hope they compensate you for it :( that is really terrible… that would blatantly rip off young illustrators knowing there’s a good chance they won’t notice or won’t have the money to take it to court. I wonder just how many of their products were copy/pasted rather than paid for?? Hopefully not many…. :(
The person who alerted me to this post noted that: something about a big corporation thinking they can use the work of an unknown girl and profit from it is distinctly anti-feminist to me.
The more I follow this blog the more I realize how ***ed up Disney is on the whole.
Lesbian Disney Princess <3
Thank you guys for all those notes! To celebrate my 40,000 views on my Gay Disney Princes, here are my lesbian princesses. Hope you guys like them :)
awesomesauce
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IT TOOK ME A SECOND
THIS IS FROM AMY MEBBERSON WHAT A PERFECT HUMAN
oH MY GOODNESS 10!ARIEL IS THE CUTEST LITTLE THING EVER. AND RAPUNZEL’S HAIR IS THE SCARF. ASGHFKLASGDYAKULGKAEUWDSJBKUHKFDFAUKG
Yes! I really love 6!
(Source: turtlesstampede, via theheroheart)
