A Pictorial Analysis of Disney Female Characters: Wrists and Worries

Content warning: This shows a lot of bodies and talks a lot of ratios and trends. This can be triggering for some folk so please avoid if this is you I promise none of these takes are that masterful.

Disney, Disney, Disney. Love it or hate it — we can’t deny the influence it has.

Before we bash, we should give some credit. Disney has come further in plots and representation. In some ways they show the reflection within our culture as well.

One thing that everyone has always been enraged about is the way that women are portrayed in Disney movies, not only in plot but also in looks. Disney princesses are usually the battleground for this. Big eyes, thin wrists, invisible waists, impossible boobs. Buzzfeed and other sites have done write-ups on this.

Although, I don’t know if this is right. I don’t. I actually think they made the waist too tiny in the photo, in terms of proportion to the body.

People point out that even more “woke” princesses like Elsa also have extraordinarily tiny waists. And that even in live action appearances seem to have digitally altered waists, sorry Lilly James.

But it’s not just Disney princesses, a variety of characters have just unreasonable bodies.

I think it’s also worth noting that the cartoon men are also unreasonable. I understand why are are more enraged about the women, but I have to be honest — I am concerned…