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By: DT MSW

DT MSW — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:48:00 +0000

I think they are a bit more similar than just a trope. Compare the stances of the fairies and then take a look above at the models. See anything similar? One example is tinkerbell and the model in orange: that hip jut is exactly the same in both pictures. It is amazing to me that many people will comment about the sexualization of the models in those poses but not on the cartoons made for kids (that are also pretty well developed in the female form department for childs characters) in those poses. About the only thing that is different is the amount of clothing and where they are looking. Where do young girls get their body images? It starts with Tinkerbell…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:46:00 +0000

I saw that breast cancer one in a display at Dillards, and my friends and I were casually talking about how cheap/vulgar/disconcerting/stupid it is to use svelte young naked ladies fondling each other to promote breast cancer awareness, and a worker got so offended when she over heard us (because her mom died of breast cancer, apparently). And I was so confused that she couldn’t see that making cancer “sexy” trivializes the problem into simply something that makes you less sexy and fondle-able.

By: Guinea_pig323

Guinea_pig323 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:27:00 +0000

I think his point was that you do not see male cartoon characters having curly eyelashes. Not all female cartoon characters have curly lashes, but curly lashes are only found on female cartoon characters, never on male.

By: Juliana Schwartz

Juliana Schwartz — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:36:00 +0000

haha, Ann’s boyfriend is so right. When I want to support the fight against breast cancer, I generally call up my girlfriends so we can get naked together and touch each others’ breasts…

By: Chrissy Barney

Chrissy Barney — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:16:00 +0000

The Disney Fairies stories are actually rather cute- trite, to be sure, but cute. A friend and I were watching them with her granddaughter, and they’re all pretty individual. The fact that Tinkerbell’s actually an engineer in this series made both of us VERY happy, too.

By: Chrissy Barney

Chrissy Barney — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:12:00 +0000

Actually, you bring up a good point. While the Victoria’s Secret and the Breast Cancer (or more perhaps aptly titled Look! Titties!) images are definitely about sexualizing the lineup, the Fairies picture is more about standing for something as a group- in this case, Friendship, because that’s what the Disney Fairies line is all about. Well, other than making parents pay through the nose so their kid can be happy that Tinkerbell has all her friends with her! Pardon the cynicism, I used to work at a toy store.

By: Szuko

Szuko — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:41:00 +0000

Rainbow Dash, the character pictured here with the straight lashes, is a girl. I know this from watching the show. They’re all girls. Yeah, there’s a tradition of having curly lashes represent girls, but that’s not the case here.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:27:00 +0000

Straight lashes do not a boy make… true. But curly lashes are only found on female cartoon characters.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:31:00 +0000

In these photos they aren’t clinging, leaning, caressing each other. That is one of the main differences for me. And what Kat said, no weird hyper-sexy poses.

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:23:00 +0000

The TV pics don’t do that sexy-bending-weird-pose shit, that only a group of women in a line up do. So no, not the same.

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By: Reut Gelblum

Reut Gelblum — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:43:00 +0000

Well, two things
1. Disney characters ARE modeled after models, so why the surprise?
2. It’s almost funny to see how variable the Disney characters are in hair color and hair style, in ethnicity and complexion (3 different shades of white?), but how perfectly bland they are in body type and in pose- just like the models!! (Oh, and they all have humongous tempting eyes, and tilt their head to one side making a tempting sideways look/ centering all IQ in one place…)