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Hi everyone! I recently learned about the Bechdel Test from a friend and have been wanting to write this makala ever since. This test is, at its core, an analysis of how women are portrayed in maarufu culture. It reveals how much women tend to revolve around men in films, books, etc. To pass the test, a film (or any other work of fiction) must meet three requirements: the film must (1) have at least two named female characters (2) who talk to each other (3) about something other than a man. It seems so simple, right? Unfortunately a surprising number of films fail in at least one of these aspects. Well now it's time to see how our beloved Disney Princess sinema stack up when put to the test!

Disclaimer: This makala is not meant to bash any of the films au say that they are "anti-feminist," nor do I necessarily think that this test is the best way to determine if a film is "feminist" au not. I simply thought it would be fun to see which sinema pass the test. wewe can find a lot of info on the Bechdel Test online, including different versions and criticisms of it. I am using a slightly zaidi strict version which requires the two female characters to be named.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1. Does the film have at least two named female characters?
Unfortunately not, so Walt's first full length animated feature fails right off the bat. While there are two female characters, Snow White and the Evil Queen, the latter is not aliyopewa a name in the film. It is important to note that many mashabiki refer to the Queen as Queen Grimhilde, so she may in fact have a name. However, since her name is never mentioned in the film, it fails the test.

 Fail.
Fail.


Cinderella

1. Two named female characters?
wewe betcha. In fact Cinderella sports four, not just two, named females: Cinderella, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, and Drizella. If only the Fairy Godmother had a name this movie would have five! Still, this film passes the first part of the test with flying colors.
2. Do the women speak to each other? We wouldn't have a movie if they didn't. There's quite a bit of dialogue between the four of them, so Cinderella passes the sekunde part of the test.
3. Do their conversations revolve around something other than men? Several of them do! While there is quite a bit of talk of the Prince and the Grand Duke, they also Converse about the ball itself and Cinderella's duties. Thus Cinderella is the first Disney Princess film to pass the Bechdel Test!

 Pass.
Pass.


Sleeping Beauty

1. Two named females?
Sleeping Beauty does even better than Cinderella in this regard with five named women: Aurora, Flora, Fauna, Merriweather, and the unforgettable Maleficent.
2. Do they talk to each other? Again, there would be no movie if they didn't. Most of the film is the fairies' antics, and there's quite a bit of conversation sprinkled in there.
3. Do they only talk about men? While there's a good bit of conversation concerning Phillip, the majority of what the vichimbakazi talk about is Aurora herself and how to protect her from Maleficent. With that, Sleeping Beauty passes the Bechdel Test!

 Pass.
Pass.


The Little Mermaid

1. Two named females?
The Little Mermaid sports a plethora of female characters, the most prominent being Ariel and Ursula, but when wewe add Ariel's sisters to the orodha wewe get a grand total of eight named women! That's almost as many as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty combined, so The Little Mermaid definitely passes the first part of the test.
2. Do they talk to each other? Ariel and Ursula have quite the conversation in Ursula's lair, so The Little Mermaid passes the sekunde part of the test.
3. Do they only talk about men? Here is where the film that ushered in the Disney Renaissance falls short. Ariel and Ursula's conversation revolves entirely around Ariel turning human in order to woo Eric and hopefully win him so that she can remain human forever. While some might argue that the film should still pass since technically not the entire conversation is specifically about Eric, I believe that he plays such a prominent role in the conversation that the film fails.

 Fail - but this could be debated.
Fail - but this could be debated.


Beauty and the Beast

1. Two named females?
Beauty and the Beast just barely passes this portion of the test with exactly two named women: Mrs. Potts and Belle herself (unless of course wewe want to count Marie who needs to hurry up and get those baguettes).
2. Do they talk to each other? Again the movie just scrapes kwa with one conversation between Belle and Mrs. Potts immediately after Belle arrives at the ngome and is shown to her room.
3. Do they only talk about men? Like The Little Mermaid, whether Beauty and the Beast passes in this regard could probably be argued one way au the other. Since the Beast is never specifically brought up in their conversation I'm going to allow it to pass, albeit somewhat dubiously since they are talking about how Belle has Lost her freedom thanks to him.

 Pass - but this could be debated.
Pass - but this could be debated.


Aladdin

1. Two named females?
As the only Disney Princess film whose princess isn't the main character, it's no surprise that Aladdin fails right off the bat. jimmy, hunitumia is the only major female character in the movie, let alone the only named one.

 Fail.
Fail.


Pocahontas

1. Two named females?
This film has not two but three named women: Pocahontas, Nakoma, and Grandmother Willow. While this isn't quite as many as some of the earlier Disney Princess films, it's still enough for it to pass the first portion of the test.
2. Do they talk to each other? Though Nakoma and Grandmother Willow never speak to each other, Pocahontas has a few conversations with each of them.
3. Do they only talk about men? John Smith and the settlers are a prominent topic, but Nakoma and Pocahontas have a conversation about the title character's dream. This conversation is later continued with Grandmother Willow where the topic of Pocahontas's mother is also introduced. Pocahontas decidedly passes the Bechdel Test.

 Pass.
Pass.


Mulan

1. Two named females?
Like Pocahontas, Mulan passes this portion of the test with three named women - Fa Mulan, Fa Li, and Grandmother Fa.
2. Do they talk to each other? While their conversations are minimal since the majority of the movie takes place amongst an army of men, they do Converse during the scene where Mulan is being prepared to see the Matchmaker.
3. Do they only talk about men? Most of their conversation is about Mulan striking up a match with a good man, but since they mostly focus on Mulan herself and less on the men she needs to impress I will allow this film to pass. There is a short exchange between Mulan and Li about how Mulan is late which can also be taken into consideration. Like The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast it could be easily argued that Mulan should not pass this portion of the test, however I personally think it makes the cut.

 Pass - but this could be debated.
Pass - but this could be debated.


The Princess and the Frog

1. Two named females?
The last 2D animated princess film boasts a number of female characters including Tiana, Charlotte, Eudora, Mama Odie, and the elusive Evangeline, thus easily passing the first part of the test.
2. Do they talk to each other? Yes they do! Tiana and charlotte have a number of conversations, and Eudora does her share of talking as well. And of course who could forget the memorable conversation with Mama Odie?
3. Do they only talk about men? charlotte talks a lot about Naveen and Eudora pushes Tiana to find a man, but Tiana evens the score with all the talk of her restaurant. Tiana also speaks with Mama Odie about needing to be human again. It could be argued that since Tiana is building her restaurant in memory of her father all of her conversations about it are about a man. Personally, I think that's a little far-fetched, thus The Princess and the Frog passes the Bechdel Test!

 Pass - but this could be debated.
Pass - but this could be debated.


Tangled

1. Two named females?
This movie just barely passes the first part of the test with exactly two named women: Rapunzel and Mother Gothel.
2. Do they talk to each other? They do quite a bit of talking, some of which is even set to music. It's mostly Mother Gothel giving backhanded compliments to Rapunzel, but it still counts.
3. Do they only talk about men? Nope, Mother Gothel spends a lot of time steering Rapunzel away from the outside world, and of course there's their exchange when Rapunzel realizes that she is the Lost princess. Therefore, Tangled passes the Bechdel Test.

 Pass.
Pass.


Brave

1. Two named females?
Though you'd expect a movie that's all about female empowerment to have zaidi female characters, Brave still makes it through this part of the test with three - Merida, Elinor, and Maudie. The Witch doesn't count since she isn't named.
2. Do they talk to each other? The majority of the movie is Merida's interactions with Elinor which includes a lot of talking, although not a lot of listening in the beginning.
3. Do they only talk about men? They do talk a lot about the suitors and Elinor's desire for Merida to choose a husband, and if wewe were testing the film using only the spoken conversations it might not pass. However, I will include their communication while Elinor is a bear, which is hardly about men at all. And so the most hivi karibuni Disney Princess film passes the Bechdel Test!

 Pass - but this could be debated.
Pass - but this could be debated.


Overall

Of these eleven films only three couldn't pass the test: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin. This is pretty good considering the fact that about half of all films ever made don't pass the test. (Surprising statistic, I know. Don't believe me? Look it up!) From this, I'd say that the Disney Princesses do a pretty good job of being their own characters instead of being defined kwa the men present in their films. What do wewe think? Is the Bechdel Test even a good measurement of such a thing? Let me know in the comments!
Hey, as wewe know my orodha has changed A LOT, so I decided to make a new article. I just warn wewe that this orodha is temporary and it can change, because, I'm planning to rewatch some sinema and because like I have alisema before, I'm very indecisive, I mean, really my lists change ALL THE TIME! Also, just to avoid misunderstandings, I want to say that when I mention a princess' beauty/ imba voice au any other superficial thing like those, it doesn't mean that I judge based on these traits. I won't put a DP higher because she's beautiful, I just felt that since I'd talk about the princesses,...
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I'm new here and I wanted to share my opinion which dp that I think is the best and how well they perform in there movie. And I am not just going to count the canon ones in this list. wewe might see Magara, Sofia and etc. Because I feel like they should be canon. wewe get the point right. good!

10.Esmeralda from Notre Dame
I upendo her personality Kind, thoughtful, social siagi fly, absent minded, aggressive and caring. What I also like about her is her free mined sprit. And her justice towards Quasimodo was sweet part. I upendo her song and her voice too link
Even through the lyrics are less then...
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kk, so almost all the redesigns are blehhh, but I felt like talking about them, so yeh. btw, I didn't include Merida bc she wasn't redesigned when everyone else was originally redesigned, and no Anna au Elsa for obvi reasons.


10. Rapunzel

Okay, so I upendo Rapunzel's beauty in her film, and that's one of the main reasons I am so harsh on her redesign.. It's freaking terrible like.. x__x Her eyes are all trippy, not to mention her face shape. NO ONE'S MOUTH IS THAT LONG, LET ALONE RAPUNZEL. As for the outfit, it definitely is waaay too sparklified, like most of the redesigns.



. Pocahontas

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If anyone's been here for zaidi than a few months, they know that, one, my orodha is an ever changing mess, and two, if I'm not uandishi this makala every two months, something is wrong. Well, it's been nearly four au so months since I last wrote this orodha and somehow my orodha has remained relatively stable. Despite it staying nearly the same, these have always been my inayopendelewa makala to write, so I just thought I'd write it again. So here I go!

13. Belle

It's tough. I can see the appeal of Belle, I really can, and at times I wonder why she's last on my list, but she just..is. I don't know, she's...
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OK, as most of wewe may know, Ariel and jimmy, hunitumia are the only two Disney Princesses to have their own series. Ariel's was "The Little Mermaid," (which was also the name of her movie), and Jasmine's was "Disney's Aladdin," (also the name of her) movie.

At times, I've thought to myself, "what if the other princesses had their own series?" Well, that's what my series of makala is here to find out. I'll be uandishi a series of makala describing how it would be if the princesses, excluding Ariel and Jasmine, had a series of their own. I'll explain the settings, the premise, and may even have episode...
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 The Original Eight Princesses
The Original Eight Princesses
Anyone growing up in the 2000's (such as myself) who was a big shabiki of Disney Princess has probably heard the song "If wewe Can Dream". I like to refer to it as the Disney Princess' theme song (at least, I used to, but we'll get to that later); it was a song that basically emphasized the idea that if wewe wish upon a star, anything your moyo desires will come to you. Not only did it refer to Disney's biggest trademark song in Pinocchio, but it summed up some of the great things the Disney Princesses at that time wanted: upendo and adventure. When I say "at that time," I'm referring to when there...
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Many mashabiki in this club says Elsa is selfish? Seriously? She is not selfish!

I'll give wewe valid reasons

1.) She shuts Anna out just to protect her

2.) She left her kingdom in order to protect her sister and everyone else

3.) She doesn't wanted to hurt anybody, but she has no other choice

4.) She created marshmallow to sent Anna away from her, because she accidently hit her

5.) She did not mean to harm Anna, she just can't control her powers

6.) Elsa alisema this "No, Anna. I belong here, alone. WHERE I CAN BE WHO I AM, WITHOUT HURTING ANYBODY"

7.) She felt terrible when Hans told her that Anna is dead....
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OK, I alisema in a awali makala that Elsa may be one of the most powerful characters in Disney history and arguably as powerful as Maleficent. Well that got me thinking: What would happen if these two met in a fight?

Well quite honestly, I think this would be one of the most epic battles in the history of Disney. On one side, you've got Elsa, the Snow Queen; master of cryomancy and snow. And in the other corner, wewe have Maleficent, the Mistress of All Evil, dark fairy. It's hard to say just who would get the upper can in a battle like this. But to really give a statistical view on just what...
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It looks like everybody has done a orodha with the favourites scenes so I decided to make one too. I haven't included Frozen because there are still many people that haven't seen it. Anyway, enjoy!

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Ending Scene

I'm not sure about my choice because the last time I saw the movie I was 6 years old, so... Anyway, the uhuishaji is stunning when they walk away and wewe see the castle. I find that scene very romantic and sweet and I believe that Snow White totally deserves her happy ending.

Cinderella
So this is love

Soo romantic! I upendo the uhuishaji and the atmosphere...
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