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Fed-Up Dad Censors Outdated Gender Stereotypes In Daughter’s Disney Books
Lots of us grew up with Disney stories and they’re an inseparable part of our childhood. However, some people believe that these tales have a negative impact on young women because they contain harmful gender stereotypes. A dad is going viral on TikTok and the news for updating and modernizing his daughter’s Disney books to better reflect the times we live in and to make life better for both of his girls.
The Minnesota dad, who has two daughters and goes by the tag @dcaspers on TikTok, filmed the entire process and uploaded the videos for everyone to see. He changed classic fairy tales like The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and others, giving them twists nobody could have expected.
His actions, however, have divided the internet and sparked a fiery discussion online. While some lauded the dad for reworking gender tropes into something more egalitarian and realistic, others thought that what he’s doing might amount to censoring classics for the sake of appearing progressive.
Check out the dad’s videos below and let us know what you think of his project, dear Pandas. Are you fans of his reworked stories or do you prefer the classics? Do you think we should aim to constantly update older works of literature or should we simply aim to publish new and modern stories? Share your thoughts in the comments.
This dad is updating Disney princess books to make them more modern for his two girls
Image credits: dcaspers
Check out how he removes gender stereotypes from the tales in his TikTok videos
@dcaspersChanging tomorrow starts today. #madatdisney #girldad #dadhacks♬ Mad at Disney - salem ilese
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
I think I am about to give myself an aneurysm over how politically correct and performative this is. Why the hell can't Rapunzel bake a mean pie and also get her law degree at Harvard?
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Aamna Shah 4 years ago
I think Cinderella is unfortunately oversimplified to make it regressive. If you look at the movie objectively, it's clear that Cinderella is a young girl who lives in an era where she probably has extremely limited choices. She has lost her father as a kid and is living with her abusive step mom and step sisters. Like most victims of abuse, her mind is in survival mode and she knows that she has to stay obedient in order to protect herself in that environment. Cinderella herself is not subservient. Her abusive environment demands that from her to survive. We see that she does speak her mind from time to time. Another thing people forget is that Cinderella was not asking for a man or begging to become a princess. Her dream was to escape her abusive household. In my opinion, and everyone is allowed to disagree with it, she's a victim of child abuse and blaming her for not leaving is not much different from modern society blaming women for not leaving their abusive husbands.
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Brendan Roberts 4 years ago
I wouldn't say that the heterosexual relationship is problematic. No sexuality is wrong.
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Hans 4 years ago
Come one...that is forced. Pay gaps are real, but addressing this regarding buying cheap cookies is very much pulling it out of context. And who says they do not share expenses if you want to further play this game? To be honest, this does not seem to be changed for the daughters but rather for the audience at TikTok.
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Tarryn Louise 4 years ago
Helping is a wonderful message. Your messages to your daughter are crap.
Some people thought the dad reworking the classic Disney stories was inspiring:
However, not everyone agreed with his modern approach to popular children's books:
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What do you think ?
More Thinking Needed 4 years ago
Hate when parents use their children as props in the hopes of becoming internet-famous for 15 minutes.
Stefan 4 years ago
Stop changing what is already done and written, and start making something new !
Romenriel 4 years ago
Yes! If people want something to be present in art, they need to express it themselves.
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More Thinking Needed 4 years ago
Hate when parents use their children as props in the hopes of becoming internet-famous for 15 minutes.
Stefan 4 years ago
Stop changing what is already done and written, and start making something new !
Romenriel 4 years ago
Yes! If people want something to be present in art, they need to express it themselves.
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