I was quite surprised to hear that there were rumours going
around about the undertones of the movie Frozen, which I loved more than any
other Disney movie ever made. Finally: a book about a girl saving herself
instead of waiting around for Prince Charming to do all the work! I’m thrilled.
Unfortunately, it isn’t unanimous. I really don’t know how people can take
something as beautiful as sisterly love and as powerful as believing in
yourself and twist it into something else. And even if it were all about coming
out (which would be a good thing), what they said about bestiality is just
silly. Okay, it is a free world and everyone is allowed an opinion but I sometimes
think given the chance people would find something wrong with things as
innocent as puppies.
“...Greydanus argues that the Oscar-winning song “Let It Go” shows lead
character Elsa “celebrating her acceptance of her true identity” and essential
“coming out”, while her lack of interest in male suitors implies lesbianism...
...As for the so-called bestiality,
Greydanus points to a line in the film’s “Fixer Upper Song” about hunter
Kristoff's relationship with Sven the reindeer: “His thing with the
reindeer/That’s a little outside of nature’s laws!”...”
Stupidity at its peak it seems!
I was also recently informed that my female characters are
much too bold to be Asian girls. Apparently, I’ve not been setting a very good
example by introducing young, female characters who go off and save the world.
Their boisterous opinions and sometimes not very ladylike language have come
under scrutiny. And all I can say is, Yay! Girls can do anything a guy can...in
high heels at that!
Why is it that our society thinks that once girls start
thinking in a certain way, they stop being feminine? When I was growing up, it
was all about empowering women and strutting about in pants suits. Now pants
suits are aggressive and female characters get lesbianism thrown in their faces
if they so much as step out of Prince Charming’s shadow. A woman can be strong
and feminine at the same time. Just like a man can be strong and sensitive too.
So what happened? Are we moving backwards? Back to the ages
where women were supposed to sit around in towers with their hair growing out
long enough to climb up (nursing a major headache in the process!)?
“Woman is the companion of man,
gifted with equal mental capacity.” – Gandhi
“Nobody can make you feel
inferior without your permission.” -- Eleanor Roosevelt
"The fastest way to change
society is to mobilize the women of the world." -- Charles Malik
Book two of The Scarlet Omen trilogy is coming out in a few
days...filled with kick ass women! Let’s see what people have to say about my female
pirate captain, junkie fairy, hormonal teenager, a witch set on revenge and a
girl who tries to do the right thing...despite everyone telling her to cut it
out. I can’t wait.
