From Snow White’s cherry-red lipstick to the balloon sleeves on Ariel’s wedding gown, every Disney princess reflects the trends of their debut era, even though many of them take place during some nebulous history period.
Snow White’s look was based on models from Vogue, Woman’s Own, and Modern Home magazines, Simplicity sewing patterns, and Sears catalogs. The movie was released in 1937.
Cinderella’s look was based on models from Ladies’ Home Journal and Better Living magazines, Sears catalogs, and ‘everyday life’ photo archives from The Library Of Congress. The movie was released in 1950.
Aurora’s look was based on a mix of Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Good Housekeeping magazines from the 1960’s, and Woman’s Own, Woman’s Weekly, and My Home magazines from the 1940’s. I also used 1940’s Simplicity sewing patterns, and late 1950’s Sears and Lane Bryant catalogues. Sleeping Beauty was released in 1959 and got mixed reviews and lackluster sales.
Ariel’s look was based on models from Elle and Vogue magazines, and characters from Golden Girls, Designing Women, and Full House tv shows. The Little Mermaid was released in 1989.
Belle’s look was based on models from Rolling Stone and National Enquirer magazines, and characters from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Friends, and Twin Peaks tv shows. Beauty And The Beast was released in 1991.
Jasmine’s look was based off of promotional pictures of The Pussycat Dolls, Destiny’s Child, and Spice Girls outfits, and also of celebrities Teri Hatcher and Alia Shawkat from the 90’s. Aladdin was released in 1992.
Pocahontas’ look was based off of Anthropologie, Free People, and Urban Outfitters clothing from the late 90’s, and also loose pieces found under the tag ‘boho’ and ‘hippie’ on modern sites such as Etsy and Ebay. Pocahontas was released in 1995.
Mulan’s look was based off of models from Sinorama, International Screen, 小姐與太太, and STREET magazines from the late 90’s, as well as characters from movies Chungking Express and Days Of Being Wild. Mulan was released in 1998.
Tiana’s look was based off of GQ, Esquire, Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar magazines from the 2000’s. The Princess And The Frog was released in 2009.
Rapunzel’s look was based on characters from Hardcore Pawn and Worst Cooks In America tv shows, as well as movies The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Easy A, Scott Pilgrim VS The World, and Love, Simon. Tangled was released in 2010.
Anna’s look was based on various real-time fashion looks under the tags ‘grunge’, ‘flannel’, and ‘tomboy’ in various social media timelines. Frozen was released in 2013, and Frozen 2 in 2019.
Elsa’s look was based on red carpet and metgala outfits, as well as Orthodox Scandinavian Christian fabric embroidery from Scandinavia.
Moana’s look was based off of various real-time fashion looks under the tags ‘athleisure’ and 'fitspo’. Moana came out 2016.
Every Wednesday I walk a river walk trail from my work to rowing, and there’s this sculpture on the trail:
Pokemon Go affectionately refers to it as “The Hollow Man”, and it’s kind of cool on it’s own. Except, when I normally walk the trail, it’s after work, at night:
This thing is SEVEN FEET TALL and the actual title of the sculpture is “The Unkillable Human.”
IT’S TERRIFYING.
it became so beautiful to me after learning the actual name of it.
“This would be deleted off the SCP wiki in a day for being too cliche” is my favorite kind of real thing.
This is great marketing, I’ve never been interested in twitter but every new way that Musk finds to humiliate himself with this bot makes me more and more interested in getting a front row seat.
>Hear people constantly complaining that the current union leadership is super corrupt, it’s all just the same ten guys making all the decisions in secret and nobody else in the union ever gets to know what’s going on
>Go to the monthly union meetings that are completely open to all 1200 union members
>The only attendees are the same ten guys every month, giving detailed reports about everything that’s going on
I went to my union meeting tonight and the retirees’ monthly complaint about our healthcare was that for some reason it only lets doctors prescribe six Viagra pills at a time, and they want to fuck more than six times a month. That’s verbatim. Think about what you could be missing by not going to your union meetings.
sabrina carpenter films her feather music video in a church in brooklyn > outcry at her being sexy in a church > the priest in charge of the church is investigated and stripped of his duties > the investigation reveals business deals between the priest and then mayor of NYC eric adams > adams is investigated further and is indicted on bribery, campaign finance, and conspiracy offenses > the charges are dropped by trump administration in exchange for help with ice raids and he can run for reelection > nyc obvious says fuck that guy and he drops out > zohran mamdani runs for mayor and wins
No kill shelters result in animals dumped on the highway and tossed in the river because the rescues wont take them. That’s the part they never tell you.
Meanwhile the spca will take every animal, and if they have to euthanize them at least it will be done kindly and not via neglect or cruelty.
Because people in the notes are not getting this, let me explain:
No-kill shelters TURN AWAY animals. When they’re full - and they often are because most of these no-kill shelters are small - they stop taking them in. While they are “taking their time to find the right homes for every single animal”, many other animals never get in the door. Somehow they don’t count those animals, or track what happens to them. A success for them doesn’t include the ones they turned away. They’re taking their time because they can.
The No-Kills who brag about 100% adoption rates are the worst, because they tend to reject the most. The animals who will be difficult to adopt out? They just don’t take those. Special needs? Too old? If they’re going to be hard to adopt out, they can claim to be full, even if they’re not.
They are telling owners they absolutely cannot take their fifteen year old cat because they are full of litters of kittens. Adorable kittens that will turn over quickly, and boost their adoption numbers. So what happens to the fifteen year old cat? After days of being rejected at the shelters they get dumped on the side of the road somewhere, or worse.
You cannot imagine the VOLUME of animals that a city shelter deals with. The kill shelters are not allowed to turn anyone away. The difficult cases, the special needs, the elderly, the feral. The dog that bites, the cat that pees everywhere. Every animal is going to be taken in and treated with kindness. They are going to be assessed and treated for their fleas and conditions and behavioral problems. They will get their time on the adoption floor. They will get the best chance possible to find a new home. And if it’s not possible, they will be humanely euthanized, and that cage space will go to the next animal who is already waiting for it. It never stops. While you were working on the paperwork to adopt out 1 cat, three people brought in 4 more. It’s a numbers game that you cannot win if you aren’t turning people away.
A lot of times kill shelters get the animals that the no-kill shelters refused to take. Maybe their owners bring them. Or maybe they got literally thrown in the garbage, abandoned, or put in a bag and tossed in the river, when the no-kill shelter said they were full. The police and rescuers will bring these poor injured animals to the city shelter where they will be cared for. The volunteers will spend days and weeks trying to wash the tar out of their fur, or treat their broken bones, or whatever other horrible thing has happened to them. They will feed and house them. They will put most of them in new homes. They will save many many more animals, by orders of magnitude, than a no-kill shelter ever will. A no-kill shelter will brag about dozens or maybe hundreds of adoptions. Kill shelters are dealing in thousands of successful adoptions, and they still have to euthanize because it just isn’t enough. There are just so many animals to take in.
And then, after all this, the No-Kill Shelters get to claim the moral high ground somehow, and self-righteous types will refuse to adopt from the only shelter that takes absolutely everyone. It’s infuriating.
