http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/02/rosa-brooks-the-misogynist-marketing-of-disney-princesses/ UrGently Fierce Feminism In Perilous Times Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/02/rosa-brooks-the-misogynist-marketing-of-disney-princesses/comment-page-1/#comment-59432 Jill M. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:16:08 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/02/rosa-brooks-the-misogynist-marketing-of-disney-princesses/#comment-59432 It might also be worth mentioning that the *original* Cinderella story was Chinese in origin and the emphasis on the small feet of Cinderella was more insidious in the original Chinese story. I don't have any data that indicate whether the practice of foot-binding still goes on in China, but it was alluded to in how small and perfect Cinderella's feet were compared to her step-sisters' feet. The original Grimm's fairy tale (not the later sanitized one or the Disney rendering) mentions that the one step-sister had to cut off her toe in an attempt to fit the glass slipper, and the other step-sister had to cut off part of her heel to try to fit the glass slipper. In case you'd like to know where I read that, it's in Mary Daly's "Gyn/Ecology". It might also be worth mentioning that the *original* Cinderella story was Chinese in origin and the emphasis on the small feet of Cinderella was more insidious in the original Chinese story. I don’t have any data that indicate whether the practice of foot-binding still goes on in China, but it was alluded to in how small and perfect Cinderella’s feet were compared to her step-sisters’ feet. The original Grimm’s fairy tale (not the later sanitized one or the Disney rendering) mentions that the one step-sister had to cut off her toe in an attempt to fit the glass slipper, and the other step-sister had to cut off part of her heel to try to fit the glass slipper. In case you’d like to know where I read that, it’s in Mary Daly’s “Gyn/Ecology”.

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