Hopefully soon he'll just start holding his breath at us all the time.

That's true, and I hadn't thought of that. I think in a lot of those cases, it's that as much as a lot of women recognize the problems in Disney, we still love it because it's so much a part of childhood. And, in some cases, just because there's something about Disney movies that make us happy. I know, rationally,…

Not going to argue with your first point, because it's true.

I think Jez generally calls out Disney in the way it does comparable fields, like the fashion/modeling industry: by pointing out good things and exceptionally shitty things when they happen, all from a baseline assumption that the readers know that Disney's representation of women is about as ridiculous and harmful as…

Yes and no. The media bases its decisions on what will make the most money (and thus on what we want to see), but our preferences aren't created in a vacuum. We didn't all just pop out of the womb thinking that thin, white, and symmetrical is the ideal way to be a woman. Our understanding of what "perfection" looks…

Honestly, I think it's just that it's so deeply-ingrained in our culture. I'm 21 and I grew up on Disney; same with my sister, who's 17 and spends her free time browsing blogs about the Disney princesses and practicing the songs with her friends. Between the movies, Disney Channel, theme parks, etc., it's hard to…

I mean, you just kind of proved your own point. Disney's idea of what a princess should be determined your view of reality, to the point where an actual princess didn't seem like a princess. Disney is setting the standard for what a "perfect pretty princess" is, and in such a way that it's tough for the vast majority…

I think that is fair to point out. I read Shrek as making fun of the Disney Princess as a character/stereotype: she's pretty and thin and can charm birds with her voice, but she's also not a full person in many ways, and she's not the only model for happiness. She's happier at the end of the story, when she's…

But she was happier as a fat, green, funny-eared monster. So to an extent you could say it's reinforcing the idea that fat=monstrous, but it's also sending the message that monstrous isn't necessarily something to be ashamed of.

Really? I didn't know that! Awesome!

I adore my Wet n Wild Stoplight Red. It's the perfect color for me, it's a matte finish, it's not sticky, it lasts surprisingly long (especially with a liner), and I can buy it for $3 at CVS.

Was just going to go find this—it was the first thing that came to mind when I read the headline.

I agree. I'm not as irregular as I used to be (usually 30-34 days, maybe instead of 28-40), but I am pretty flaky so I'm incapable of remembering when I last had my period unless it happened to line up with an event (conference, trip, birthday, etc.). And even if I wrote it down on paper, I'd still have to count out…

Nooo, I was just getting excited based on the screenshot someone posted!

Oooh, I like this. The one I'm using does its job, but the home screen has a tree that blooms when I'm ovulating, which really isn't necessary.

Scar's is a little too on-the-nose for me, but it is pretty neat.

That one was clever. Though I don't think I'd be able to look at it without breaking out in song, because the antlers line is a regular joke with my family.

Ah, yep, that'd probably be it.

The second picture got kinja'd, but the Mother Gothel one is so awesome.

I don't know why I love this one so much, but I do.