I'm thinking that maybe people should try focusing on actual problems instead of finding issue with how an animated movie is or isn't "feminist."
I just read a blog review for The Swan Princess by a user called "Feminist Disney" - and I won't even mention how Swan Princess wasn't even a Disney movie... Oops - that I think really has the movie all wrong. This reviewer complained that the point of the movie, which from their POV is inner beauty, was missed by the fact that Derek couldn't see that the Odette he made the everlasting vow to wasn't the real Odette...but the movie isn't a message about inner beauty; it's a child-friendly retelling of the tragic ballet Swan Lake with a conveniently happy ending, as is fairy tale form.
This user also enjoyed pointing out that, while Odette was more active in her movie than the likes of Snow White and Aurora - who were both pretty brave in their own rights; Snow White decided to leave everything she'd ever known and start a new life somewhere else to save herself from certain death and Aurora was brought up in isolation, away from her family, fell into what could have been a deadly sleep only to awaken and have to immediately run a kingdom as Queen - but wasn't as active as the likes of Ariel and Belle because she didn't orchestrate her own escape from Rothbart. Okay Ariel was literally mute the ENTIRE time because she wanted to have legs to be with a man she'd only SEEN but didn't know and let's not forget that Belle didn't orchestrate her own escape either, Chip did.
Note: I'm not saying that sometimes fairy tales don't leave a little something to be desired, and I've taken issue with kid's movies before - like Frozen - but are we really going to complain about how much a fairy tale princess is hurting feminism?
Fairy tales aren't known for their outstanding political statements; it's honestly like complaining that a Harlequin Romance heroine isn't feminist enough. Leave that **** to grown up, politically correct media like OUaT and leave my classics alone.
