August 2011 – Page 2

Disney’s Working Class Princess: The Princess And The Frog

I’d never watched The Princess and the Frog before I did so for this weekly Disney segment. I wish I hadn’t left it so long. It was released in 2009, so well after the established 8 Disney Princess franchise had been set up (around 2000-2001). Yet Tiana was easily added to the Princess line upContinue reading “Disney’s Working Class Princess: The Princess And The Frog”

Fantasy Casting: Live Action Beauty and the Beast

This post is very close to a theme that a good bloggy friend of mine, Gina, runs on her blog, Fantasy Casting: Where Books Become Movies. If you like our fantasy cast post, please hop on over and check out her awesome blog! The other day I was watching Beauty and the Beast while theContinue reading “Fantasy Casting: Live Action Beauty and the Beast”

Kody Keplinger totally tweeted me

If you haven’t heard of Kody Keplinger, I suggest you get acquainted. She’s only like the coolest young adult author EVER. No, seriously you guys. Since most of my favourite authors are dead, I didn’t really have anyone to cyberstalk. Kody is going through that life-altering stage I went through when I learned about feminismContinue reading “Kody Keplinger totally tweeted me”

Foreign Cover Friday: Sabriel by Garth Nix

Foreign Cover Friday is a weekly meme hosted by The Reading Fever, where foreign covers of the books we know and love are spotlighted and discussed. To join, either pick your favourite foreign cover, or pick many foreign covers, and start discussing! This week I’m going with Sabriel, one of the first YA books IContinue reading “Foreign Cover Friday: Sabriel by Garth Nix”

Mulan: Disney’s First Warrior Princess

I have to admit: although I’m not a huge fan of Disney’s thirty-sixth animated feature film, I have an incredibly soft spot for the eighth Disney Princess Mulan. My Honours thesis was on two cross-dressing Shakespeare plays, where young women dress up as boys for various reasons – one to protect her virginity, and theContinue reading “Mulan: Disney’s First Warrior Princess”