Genderbent Disney

There has been this recent trend on the internet to genderbend the characters of popular Disney films. I've really become a fan of this movement, partly because I love Disney illustrations but also because it's very interesting to consider these famous characters and their situations if they were another gender. Many Disney films (especially the earlier princess films) really focused heavily on looks being the most important feature of the main character and that seems so antithetical to our society for men that it's an interesting avenue to explore.

Some narratives become even more interesting (and significantly less cliché) if you change the genders of the main character and his or her supporting cast.

What if Hercules was an awkward yet charismatic young woman with astounding physical strength and Meg was some suave scrawny boy she thought was attractive?

What if Quasimodo was a deformed girl locked in the tower my Mistress Frolo who lusted after the sultry Esmeraldo and it was the female soldier Pheobus who worked together with Quasimodo to save the day? 

What if we gave up all of our gender-stereotyping and created interesting stories for our children without the ugly taint of shitty gender-roles clouding our vision? 

Just imagine what we'd have then...

We'd have stronger, more interesting women...

and more expressive, less pigeonholed men.

And that's a world I'd like to see.