Disney slimmed down an iconic figure, and here's why that was a really awful thing to do

Rebecca Eisenberg
Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:06:01 +0000
Democracy, Health, Body image, Culture, Media

The whole thing is golden, but my favorite part by far is this:

The redesign she's talking about, by the way, looks like this:

(via the Disney Blog)

Yiiiiiiiikes.

Sure, Ariel had her itty-bitty seashell bikini, but Ursula "made back fat f*cking sexy." And we need more of that kind of bravery in pop culture if you ask me.

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