Talking Points # 2 Unlearning the myths that bind us..By Linda Christensen

Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us
Linda Christensen

I agree with Linda when she states that children at the age of 3 already have a set of stereotypes in place. This is not only because of the cartoons they watch or the disney movies out there but because many people are influenced by this and impact others. By wanting to dress the way their favorite disney princess dresses and play hairdresser and make up make going out into the real world a bit hard. She goes on to saying that people have dreams that keep them from dealing with at times an unpleasant reality. I never realized that so many disney movies and cartoons were based on money, looks, boys, and conception. I guess if you are not really looking for it you won't see it.
I also agree with her when she talks about cinderella and cindy ellies tale of cinderella and how the two messages that viewers get from it are "Happiness means getting a man and transformation from wretched conditions can be acheived through consumption. The world in which we live in today is all about looks, cliques, and being able to buy things to make you feel better. I'm not saying that I am not one of those people who always has to look in the mirror and worry about what others think of me. At times im not going to lie I am, but usually I don't care what others think of me and that takes a lot for someone to get to the point of being happy about themselves even if they arent the barie size 0 that every guy in movies wants.

Some things that I didn't understand were two words
*Venner, on page129 which states, "She was beginning to peel back the veneer covering some of the injustice in our society and she was dismayed by what she discovered."
*Hone, on page 133.."Yes, they hone their arguements and seek the just-right examples from their viewing.

When she was talking about a black cinderella on page 131, I remember that the Roger and Hamersteins version of cinderella, Brandy played cinderella and their was an asian as the prince. I also remeber in the movie Ever After, Her stepsisters were not ugly and fat, One was extremely pretty and the other was a little heavy but not what they depict in the disney movie of Cinderella. So not every movie is based soley on whites that are skinny and pretty. But most of the movies I have seen have had all different races play the parts and they seem more real then the cartoon of Cinderella.

On page 136, At the bottom of the page I completly agree with what she says about tinerbell and girls locker rooms. "As Tinker bell inspects her tiny body in a mirror only to find that her minute hips are simply too huge. she shows us how to turn the mirror into an enemy..and this scenario is repeated in girls locker rooms all over the world." I do agree with this for many reasons one being that especially in middle schools if you are overwieght or are not wearing what is instyle, its sad to say but you are in many peoples eyes not cool. It's sad when children start at a very young age to develop and depict images of how their lives will be soley based on disney movies and cartoons only to find out when its to late that reality can sometimes be a rude awakening.