Girls are either super feminine or badass. They can't be both

In the Ross entry, it shows Alice in Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast and how the protagonists reach their big resolution. What I noticed above everything is how the first two stories were changed just to fit the audience they were trying to reach. If you are trying that hard to make a movie “kid friendly,” don’t even attempt it. It draws away from the original meaning of the story. A point that Ross also mentioned is that the heroine movies end in marriage. It is as if it is every girl’s mission to end up married to get their “happily ever after.” These princesses only know how to sing and dream to get out of the provincial life and be part of another world. As for Alice her resolve is by snapping into reality and realizing that not using her imagination is for her own good. Girls are taught at a young age that imagination will lead to trouble, not to mention attempting to leave your world behind will do the same.

In the Berlatsky article, it puts Bella Swan and Katniss Everdeen head to head. I find this ridiculous because they are two completely different characters. It’s like comparing night and day. Bella is judged for being “needy” and wanting to be with her guy, whoever it would be. The thing is, there are teenage girls are out there who are like that as well. She desires things. What is wrong with that? Katniss fights to protect her family. Girls do that as well. She has that power people want. Why is it wrong to desire things, but okay to have power? What I completely disagreed with in this article is that he says that feminists are nervous about being seen as girly. A feminist is okay with being girly as much as she’s okay with being “butch”. That is not the reason Katniss is seen as a “badass”. I believe that she is more well-liked by because she is stepping out of the “girl box” and is doing what men are seen to do.