It seems as if Disney's new movie Frozen has totally invaded my Facebook, Twitter, and every Wal-Mart in sight. Many have said that the movie is one of the best Disney movies in a long time. Even my older sister who doesn't particularly like animated movies enjoyed it. However, I have no desire to watch it for a couple of reasons.
The first reason is because of the name and the setting. Frozen. Why would I want to go watch a movie about an eternal winter when I am LIVING it!!? Thanks, Montana.
My next reason is for all the promotions misleading people to believe that Frozen is the first Disney movie to portray a girl who doesn't need a man to save her....Ummm, what about Mulan?? She saved a whole freakin' nation without the help of a man! And what about Meg from Hercules? She may have not been the hero in the story, but she had a whole song devoted to fighting her feelings of falling in love because she wanted to be INDEPENDENT from a MAN! All the leading Disney ladies have fantastic qualities that all girls of all ages should learn from, and I don't appreciate that Frozen is down-playing them.
Maybe someday I will finally watch Frozen, but for right now, I'm sticking with the classics.
Two more things that have been blowing up my news feed are the No Make-Up Challenge pictures as well as posts and articles showing the "challenge" in a negative light. Some of the No Make-Up Challenge pictures have hash-tags saying that they are in support of cancer awareness. This has obviously offended a lot of people. When I posted my No Make-Up Challenge picture, I was not aware that the challenge was associated with cancer awareness. I posted my picture partly for myself so that I could feel confident in my own skin, but mostly so that other girls, especially my younger Facebook friends, could see that you can be beautiful and feel confident with or without make-up. I wasn't fishing for compliments, I was only wanting to be a part of something that promoted real beauty and confidence, because that is the kind of role model I want to be for my nieces and anyone else who may be watching.
For those against it, that is your personal choice. But I don't think it is fair to belittle those who did decide to post their no make-up pictures, whatever their reasons. If they did it for themselves, maybe they needed it. If they did it in support of cancer awareness, at least they are making the effort to show their support. And if they didn't do it at all, that's just fine too. Why do people have to be so cynical about things?
These are just my thoughts; nothing more, nothing less. On a lighter note, for all those interested, I have decided to change my major to Secondary Education -Social Studies Broad-field. I'm also thinking that one day I might go on to graduate school for School Counseling. :) Hopefully this is my last major change. But we will see. :)
