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Jan. 6th, 2008 at 12:40 PM

With a young daughter to raise I think a good deal about what things I can do to support a possitive self image that will support her physical, emotional, and even magical growth. What I saw posted on one of my lists reminded me of how much things have and will still be changing.

Wonder Woman Gets a New Voice, and It’s Female

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"During a telephone interview from her home in Florence, Ore., Ms. Simone was effusive when discussing Wonder Woman. “She’s just the best kind of person,” she said. “She was a princess who didn’t need someone to rescue her. I grew up in an era — and a family — where women’s rights were very important, and the guys didn’t tend to stick around too long. She was an amazing role model.”

The thing that strikes me most about this article, is when I think back to my daughter and how she her always talks about wanting be a princess. How many of the TV/Movie princesses are helpless, in need of being rescued? Well here, my sisters, is a princess we can all be proud to have our girls emulate.

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jrosestar wrote:

Jan. 7th, 2008 07:40 pm (UTC)

Interesting. I never thought about the princesses having to be 'rescued.' I thought more about the princess following her heart - or true love binding them together.

Snow White - wasn't really 'rescued' by her Prince, the kiss of her true love is what awakened her.

Cinderella - fell in love with her "Prince Charming." (which I'm sure in my mind could easily have been a woman in disguise. LOL) And Prince Charming fell in love with her and they went off to live happily ever after.

Then again...I'm a romantic. In my little childish mind, Prince Charming didn't come to rescue me, but to ride off into the sunset with me to love ever lasting after I got away from the 'big evil.'

On the other hand, perhaps it's more that I never had anyone in my life who would rescue me from anything. I knew from a very early age that if I was to survive, it had to be because I made it happen - not depending on or asking someone else. So perhaps that is why I never saw it as the prince 'rescuing' the princess. I didn't know anyone did that sort of thing.

Edited at 2008-01-07 07:41 pm (UTC)

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moondancerdrake wrote:

Jan. 7th, 2008 07:51 pm (UTC)

Oh the perception of youth

I didn't give it much though either until I saw my daughter and the other girls playing "princess" and having the boys rescue them. Coming from a mom who "baked" both her kids on Xena, I found it really bothered me. When I heard my son (8) and my daughter (4) argueing because she kept wanting to play the princess as a "damzel in distress" and my son said he'd not play with her anymore if she kept playing the helpless princess (my son is such a wonderful feminist) I began to look over her selection of tapes more closely. I recently introduced my daughter to Princess Diana. My daughter had known Diana as Wonder Woman for a long time, but when I mentioned she was also a princess, then that was an entrily new matter to my little girl.

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