Cinderella was too weak to fight for herself...AND THATâS OKAY!
I cannot believe weâre still tearing Cinderella down! 2018 only has a few months left and weâre still doing this, weâre still painting her as the weakest Disney princess and weâre still painting her weakness as a bad thing?
Why are people so caught up on bashing this princess?
âThe movie is so simplisticââ
In what way is it possibly simplistic?!
âShe didnât work hardââ
âWell, okay, but the fairy godmother still had to come inââ
Yep, I remember the movie too, and the countless stories on which itâs based.
âSo the fairy godmother was the one who caused the happily ever after.â
She sure was, now, whatâs your point?
No, really, whatâs your point? Is the point that Cinderella is somehow weak because she wasnât 100% in control of her own life? Seems like a pretty disgusting opinion to have when the whole movie is about an abuse victim finding a way out of her horrible situation. So Cinderella wasnât the one who got herself out. So what? Instead of looking the movie at its bare surface, maybe try analyzing it with a bit more thought and tact. You might see something a little different. A magical transformation, if you will.
Because Cinderella did work hard.
And guess what we learned from that?
And there will still be people out there who will try to tear you apart:
And that sucks. Itâs a horrible lesson to learn but it is something we will all face in our lifetimes. There will always be people who will try to tear us down, there will always be people who will try to rip us apart, until weâre in a low place:
Until it seems like thereâs no hopeâŚ
Until it seems like youâre too weak to get out on your ownâŚ
Maybe you are too weak to get out on your own. Maybe youâre not the strongest woman in the world. Maybe youâre not capable of screaming at the top of your lungs or brandishing a weapon or throwing a punch. Maybe youâre not able to get out of something on your own. Maybe you hit a low point and maybe you have no way out of it. Not alone. But thatâs just it.
Even at your lowest point, someone will come help you.
You donât have to do it all alone.
Itâs okay to have a little help when you have nowhere else to turn.
Cinderella is the story about an abuse victim who is unable to get out of her toxic situation by herself and just when she begins to lose all hope, is able to get help from an unlikely source. Itâs the story about a girl who needs help getting to her happily ever after and thatâs okay.Â
They deserve their happily ever afters!
They deserve their happily ever afters!
They deserve their happily ever afters!
Give us girls who are not advocates, girls who are not warriors, girls who are not fighters, girls who still deserves their happily ever afters:
