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Disney Princesses in the light of Queens........Part 1: Snow White

There are so many Disney movie reviews and theories out there that we all think we know what our favorite stories are truly about. But looking at it in a Empowhering perspective, may teach us lessons for our daily lives and how to over come struggles we face. So starts are DISNEY PRINCESSES IN THE LIGHT OF QUEENS series. Lets start off with one of the first ever Disney Princess movies- Snow White. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs depicts a young child born into royalty whose skin is "as white as snow". Being the ideal image of beauty at the time, and the perfect personality; caring, nurturing, talented in home economics, etc.; Snow White is depicted as the main character (although her own role in the movie is limited) The Evil Queen is jealous of her beauty (A.K.A. Disney step mom syndrome) and decides to hire a hunter to kill her. The hunter leads Snow white into the forest and finds himself unable to kill this perfect image of a women and decides to kill an animal to take th...

Beauty and Make up

For those of you who don't know, I am currently working with Queens and Future Queens ( a non-profit organization determined to assist young girls in becoming future leaders through mentor ship programs consisting of female CEOs, CFOs, etc. of big companies as well as inspirational speakers, artist, etc.) to create an event called Champions for Change Leadership Awards 2020. (you can see more about it on the following link:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2019-champions-for-change-leadership-awards-dinner-cfcla-2019cfcla-tickets-59985159226?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete ). Now one of the things I needed to do was find empowering music for women to feature at the event and I found one song that really made me think. The song is "Strip" by Little Mix. I have heard quite a few empowering songs and I listen to them quite often, but for some reason this one really got me thinking. Society places so much value on image that we as women forget that we're beautiful and w...