2. How Frozen Perpetuates Society's Harmful Eating Trends
Frozen did deserve some of that hype, though. Especially when you consider the amount of readings it has, many of which got covered in the more mainstream coverage of the latest Disney phenomenon: this was, after all, the first of their fairy tale princess stories where the emphasis was on the female lead figuring stuff out on her own, rather than simply jumping into the arms of the latest Prince Charming and living happily every after. But that feminist take on Frozen can go even deeper than that. In fact, the whole film can be read as a commentary on the expectations put on young woman, far beyond simply that of getting married, settling down, having kids - you know, the usual housewife stuff perpetuated by the majority of Disney's girl-focussed work over the decades. Elsa's struggle to control her powers, and the shame with which she hides it from her family, apparently has parallels to overcoming an eating disorder. Heavy stuff, but not without merit: there's a lot of stuff about sexuality in there because, duh, it's an old fairy tale, but that sexuality often goes hand in hand with eating. Or not eating; apparently Anna is overjoyed at the idea of eating chocolate cake, and Elsa, well, less so.
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