a triumphent return to disneyland was made today! it's been 5 years since i visited the "happiest place on earth." it was a lovely way to spend a day with my BFF and her little girl.
apart from battling los angeles traffic, the trip was a success! the longest we waited for any ride was a mere 25 minutes!
and now for the philosophical part of the post.
it's amazing how different disneyland is from an adult's perspective. a. the magic is totally gone. b. how does disneyland get away with the stereotypes in it's a small world, the drug smoking caterpillar on alice in wonderland, getting put in a cage on pinocchio and the hell scene on mr. toad's wild ride? i rode those rides a hundred times when i was a kid and i turned out okay, but if i were a parent i think i would think twice before taking my kids on them. c. it made me sick to watch the disney princess parade with the beautiful skinny, heterosexual and white princesses who are only happy after they marry their prince charming, who by the way is attractive and wealthy. (princess jasmine and mulan, the token princesses of color, were not included in the parade.) why aren't there movies called ariel goes to harvard? or belle buys her own diamond and new house? is how aurora and cinderella fell in love just too much for society? oh and my personal favorite, why are the bad women always fat and ugly? and are they really bad? or just aggressive? is it any wonder that so many little girls grow up into uneducated and bulimic golddiggers?
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