Thursday, February 20, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Humor Chic News - HAIBAO China "Alexsandro Palombo重塑迪士尼 (Disney) 经典公主形象！不完美的公主，你还喜欢她们吗？"
近日，意大利漫画家Alexsandro Palombo重新描绘了迪士尼 (Disney) 经典公主形象。白雪公主、灰姑娘、睡美人等公主在他笔下纷纷变为手脚残缺人士，作品的最后还标上“Do You still like us?” (你还喜欢我们吗？)。
近日，意大利漫画家Alexsandro Palombo重新描绘了迪士尼 (Disney) 卡通里的经典女主角。在他笔下，白雪公主、灰姑娘、睡美人、花木兰、小美人鱼等经典形象都变为手脚残缺人士，需要靠轮椅和假肢行动，作品的最后还标上“Do You still like us?” (你还喜欢我们吗？)。Alexsandro Palombo在网站上公开这些作品，表示希望能打破大家对美女的既定印象，残缺也可以很美丽。他认为美丽的定义取决于每个观看人的想法，而不是由电影或媒体塑造的既定印象。
VIA HAIBAO
Friday, February 07, 2014
Humor Chic News - BUZZFEED "Artist Imagines What Disney Princesses Would Look Like If They Were Disabled"
“Have you ever seen a disabled protagonist in a Disney movie?” asks artist aleXsandro Palombo. “You sure don’t because disability doesn’t match Disney’s standards.”
VIA BUZZFEED
Thursday, February 06, 2014
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Humor Chic News - EXPRESS UK "Artist creates disabled Disney princesses to highlight social exclusion"
AN Italian artist has challenged the idea of the 'perfect women' by re-imaging classic Disney characters.
Alexsandro Palombo tackles the issues of social exclusion with a series of images of popular princesses with varying disabilities.
In his depictions Snow White and Cinderella are wheelchair-bound, Pocahontas walks with crutches, and Jasmin has both arms missing.
He had the idea to promote the message that 'beauty comes in all forms' after cancer left him partially paralysed.
"Every day I have to deal with all forms of discrimination," he said. "Through this series I wanted to give visibility to this problem of strong discrimination directed to the persons with disabilities who live in our society."
The new portrayals of the unachievably beautiful Disney princesses really hits home and serves as a sobering reminder of social discrimination towards people with disabilities.
Alexsandro hopes the images will reinforce the message that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and help broaden people's ideas of what's attractive.
The images also bring up some interesting questions, and in one of Alexsandro's illustrations all the princesses are pictured together with a banner reading: 'Do you still like us?'
While his drawings have been criticised by some, for leaving out things like facial deformities, it is a positive step towards challenging discrimination.
VIA EXPRESS
Humor Chic News - APPLE DAILY Taiwan 殘疾的迪士尼公主 「你還喜歡我們嗎?」
義大利藝術家亞利桑卓波洛包(Alexsandro Palombo)，重新描繪迪士尼卡通裡的經典女主角，每位女主角在他的畫筆下，都成殘疾人士。
白雪公主、灰姑娘、花木蘭、寶嘉康蒂、睡美人和小美人魚等都成手腳殘缺人士，有些還需要靠輪椅或義肢行動，作品最後還標上「Do You still like us?」(你還喜歡我們嗎?)。
卓波洛包在網站上公開這些作品，表示希望能打破大眾對美女的既定印象，認為美麗的定義是取決於每個觀看的人，而不是由電影或媒體所塑造。（周佩萱／綜合外電報導）
Humor Chic News - VIVA LIFE Indonesia "Jika Tokoh Disney Cacat, Masihkan Dikagumi?"
Ini gambaran kehidupan nyata.
Mereka yang cacat punya hak di dunia.
VIVAlife - Selama ini anak-anak, disuguhi dongeng putri-putri cantik. Mereka digambarkan sebagai wanita sempurna. Tapi terbayangkah jika para putri seperti Cinderella dan Putri Salju memiliki anggota tubuh tidak lengkap? Masihkan ada yang mengagumi?
Rasa prihatin terhadap diskriminasi yang dialami para penyandang cacat fisik, membuat seorang seniman bernama Alexandro Palombo menghadirkan gambar para putri dalam kondisi fisik yang tidak sempurna.
Putri Salju misalnya, ia tampak sedang duduk di kursi roda. Kehadiran pangeran pun digantikan oleh seorang dokter yang sedang memeriksa kaki palsunya.
Demikian juga dengan Pocahontas yang digambarkan bukan dengan pedang, tetapi tongkat untuk menopang tubuh, setelah kaki kanannya diamputasi.
Seniman asal Italia ini menciptakan seri gambar tersebut karena ia merupakan salah satu penyandang cacat fisik. Sebagian tubuhnya lumpuh karena diserang kanker langka.
"Setiap hari saya mengalami diskriminasi dan dipermalukan. Melalui gambar-gambar ini saya berharap agar masalah tersebut lebih kelihatan," kata Alexsandro Palombo.
Dalam salah satu ilutrasinya, semua putri digambarkan bersama-sama, dengan sebuah tulisan: "Apakah Anda masih menginginkan kami?"
Gambar-gambar tersebut dibuatnya untuk menantang persepsi konvensional kecantikan, serta memberikan gadis-gadis muda sebuah gambaran nyata tentang kehidupan.
"Pesan saya sederhana: Orang cacat punya hak dan menjadi bagian dari dunia," ujar Alexsandro seperti dikutip Daily Mail. (eh)
VIA VIVA LIFE
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Monday, February 03, 2014
Humor Chic News - BUSINESS INSIDER "Artist Reimagines Your Favorite Disney Princesses With Physical Disabilities"
Artist aleXsandro Palombo has created a powerful series imagining iconic Disney princesses with disabilities.
Palombo, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer which paralyzed of parts of his body, says he deals with discrimination everyday, and wants to bring light to the issue using art.
Here are some of the most powerful images.
Cinderella is shown here, poised to fit the glass slipper onto her prosthetic leg:
"I think that disabled people doesn't [sic] match Disney's standards of beauty," the Italian artist told The Huffington Post, "so my message is very simple: Disabled people have rights and are part of the world."
VIA BUSINESS INSIDER
Sunday, February 02, 2014
Saturday, February 01, 2014
Humor Chic News - JYLLANDS POSTEN "WHICH DISNEY PRINCESS ARE YOU?" by aleXsandro Palombo
Sådan har du aldrig set Askepot før
AF KATRINE HOLLER
Kunstner er imod den manglende tilstedeværelse af handicappede i Disney-film.
Mange kender den yndige Tornerose med det korngyldne hår, den søde snehvide med den mælkehvide hud og den smukke Pochahontas med det lange, glinsende sorte hår.
Men hvorfor har ingen af Disneys prinsesser et fysisk handicap?
Det har den italienske kunster Alexsandro Palombo undret sig over, og derfor har han valgt at skildre de kendte prinsesser med fysiske handicap i sin serie "Which Disney Princess are you?".
"Hvor er de henne?"
I serien sidder nogle af prinsesserne i kørestol, og andre har fået amputeret enten arme eller ben.
Men bortset fra det tilføjede fysiske handicap ligner Disney-karaktererne sig selv med deres flotte, store, farvestrålende kjoler, perfekte hår og slanke taljer.
"Disney skaber aldrig selv en handicappet karakter, og det, synes jeg, er for dårligt, når man tager i betragtning, at der er så mange handicappede personer på planeten. Det ville jeg gerne skabe opmærksomhed omkring," siger Alexsandro Palombo til Jyllands-Posten.
Ved hvordan det er
Han fik idéen til serien, efter at han for to år siden oplevede, hvordan det er at miste dele af sin førlighed.
"Jeg har haft en sjælden form for kræft, og dele af min krop er blevet lammet efter nogle kirurgiske indgreb, så nu er jeg en person med et handicap, og hver dag bliver jeg konfronteret med alle mulige former for diskrimination, som jeg ikke kendte til før," fortæller kunstneren til Jyllands-Posten.
Simpsons-figurerne for fuld udblæsning
Det er ikke første gang, at Alexsandro Palombo har benyttet sig af kendte figurer til at få et samfundspolitisk budskab ud.
Tidligere har han blandt andet tegnet figurerne i Matt Groenings populære serie "The Simpsons" i sexede situationer.
Her var budskabet, at det er en hån mod kvinder og kvindeligheden, at Marge Simpsons, efter så mange afsnit, stadigvæk bærer den samme grønne kjole og går derhjemme som husmor, hvilket han ser, som en sexistisk stereotyp.
Humor med et alvorligt budskab
Han siger, at det er hans intention at lave værker, der er underholdende, men har et alvorligt samfundpolitisk formål.
"Mine værker er som et spejl - mit kulturelle udtryk - af det samfund, der omgiver os. Jeg har udviklet mit eget kunstneriske sprog i hvilket jeg blander farve, humor og satire med realisme og surrealisme. På den måde forsøger jeg på samme tid at underholde og få folk til at reflektere," siger han og fortsætter:
"I den aktuelle serie med Disneys prinsesser forsøger jeg at råbe op om, at handicappede er usynlige i Disneys verden, men der er et lille sørgeligt grin gemt i alvoren."
"Vi har rettigheder"
Nu håber han, at budskabet i de nye værker når Disney.
"Jeg er af den opfattelse, at handicappede ikke passer ind i Disneys opfattelse af, hvad der er smukt, så mit budskab er meget enkelt: Handicappede har rettigheder og er en del af denne her verden," siger Alexsandro Palombo.
VIA JYLLANDS POSTEN
Friday, January 31, 2014
Humor Chic News - THE GLOSS point of view by Carrie Murphy "Disney Princesses Drawn With Disabilities Emphasize Ableism In The Magic Kingdom"
Well, this is cool. I’m getting kind of weary of Disney princess reboots, but this, from disabled artist Alexsandro Palombo, might be one of the most worthwhile ones I’ve seen. Here’s Ariel, Belle, Jasmine and the whole beautiful-because-they’re-drawn-that-way gang—depicted as disabled.
There’s Snow White and Belle in a wheelchair, Cinderella missing part of her arm, Pocahontas on crutches and more. Palombo tells the HuffPo Uk that he was inspired to create depictions of disable Disney princesses because:
“Two years ago I had a rare form of cancer and after surgery to remove it some parts of my body are now paralysed. I am now a disabled person, and every day I have to deal with all forms of discrimination. Through this series I wanted to give visibility to this problem of strong discrimination directed to the persons with disabilities who live in our society.”
Awesome, right? And stirring, somehow, to see these classic characters depicted in a way you’d never expect. Kinda turns your notions on princesses upside down, no? Like the little girl who wants to see a disabled American Girl doll, it’s important that children see their favorite characters depicted in ways that resonate with their own experiences, whether that’s as a child of color, a physically-disabled child, or maybe even a child with a learning disability. Hell, it’s important that children see characters that are different than them, too, so they can learn that the world contains a vast diversity of people with different sizes, abilities, shapes, skin colors and more.
Disney isn’t too great at showing those different skin colors, as we know. Disney is one of the biggest media companies in the world, and continues to be the one of the largest influences on children (even despite the many other awesome and more inclusive forms of books and media that are now being produced for children). But aside from the continued discussion about Disney’s problem with people of color, I think that Palombo’s art brings up a number of other important questions about representation and discrimination.
Can we get a dyslexic Disney princess up in here? Or maybe a princess with Asperger’s Syndrome? (Although Asperger’s is commonly seen as a difference rather than a disability, as I understand it). Granted, I’m sure it will be a long long long long time until we see a Disney princess who is disabled or “different,” if we ever do.
Still, these continued re-imaginings of the characters show that people’s patience with Disney’s patented brand of white, able-bodied, thin, flawless femininity is growing thin. Maybe one day, perfect, aspirational fairy-tale characters will no longer be the norm and there will be a little less ableism in the Magic Kingdom.
VIA THE GLOSS
Humor Chic Point of View - Disney’s New Princess – The Revolution
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Almost all of us grew up listening to fairy tales, reading the stories of Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and watching Disney’s classic such as Little Mermaid, Rapunzel, Snow White and Aladdin. But not all of us could relate to these make believe characters, yes most girls may have dreamt of being the princess and boys wanted to be the strong evil fighting prince who gets the ‘perfect’ princess, yet imagine if you are born with a form of disability and reading, listening and watching figures that can’t identify with or aspire to be like.
Similar to any girl loved these stories but unlike my friends I knew they were not real or at least not part of my world. I failed to relate to any of them or even try to imitate them, maybe with the exception of one character, Ariel the Little Mermaid. I felt a slight connection with Ariel and that was because she did not have ‘legs’ which deemed her inappropriate choice for the prince, and the only way to marry him was to gain ‘legs’ through the exchange of her voice. Yet still she was not happy as she could not communicate with him or even sing, which was the reason of why he fell in love with her. In the end she manages to regain her voice and keep her new found legs. Disability in Disney limits and devalues you, at least that was the message I got, I never wanted to be a princess because how can I when I ‘lack’ the essential qualities; physical strength and ability.
I don’t want future generation thinking like me, I don’t want them to learn from childhood about prejudice, discrimination and limitation. I want or dream of children learning to defy obstacles, find figures that can give them hope and encouragement, see and read about people in similar situation. Alienating a child through these ‘perfect’ figures will create a person seeking acceptance with lack of confidence.
How wonderful would it be if Snow White was a wheelchair user who still managed to care for the seven dwarves and her personality made the prince marry her, not her appearance. Imagine if Cinderella used prosthetic limb and that made it easier for the prince to find her shoe, or if Pocahontas used crutches and Jasmine was an amputee yet all got married and enjoyed a fulfilled life.
Integration is the path we should all seek to end discrimination, help end the alienation that many children with disability feel by simply sharing this post, show this picture to the children that you know, make them familiar with people of other ability. Disability is not something to protect your child from instead it should be taught and accepted by children and adults alike.
VIA ACCESSLESS
Humor Chic News - THE DAILY MIRROR "Disabled Disney princesses Snow White and Cinderella created by artist to challenge idea of 'perfect woman'"
Italian artist Alexsandro Palombo tackles beauty by re-imagining classic characters for a series of provocative artworks
An artist has challenged the portrayal of the 'perfect' woman by recreating Disney characters like Snow White and Cinderella with DISABILITIES.
Italian Alexsandro Palombo wants to reinforce the belief that beauty is in the eye of the beholder - and not in the power of the media.
In his work Disabled Disney Princesses, Ariel, Belle, from Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and Snow White are wheelchair-bound.
While Pocahontas, who walks with the aid of crutches, Princess Aurora, from Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella are redrawn as amputees.
Above the collection of the classic and well-loved characters is an inscription in the recognisable Disney font that reads: "Do you still like us?".
Palombo, who runs the website Humour Chic where he posts his artwork, wants his work to breakdown stereotypes of beauty.
VIA DAILY MIRROR
Humor Chic News - R7 BRASIL "Para combater o preconceito, princesas da Disney são retratadas como deficientes físicas"
Ilustrador italiano criou imagens depois de ser humilhado por ter paralisia
"Você já viu uma princesa da Disney com deficiência? Com certeza não, pois isso não faz parte dos padrões Disney".
É assim que o ilustrador italiano Alexsandro Palombo apresenta um de seus projetos. Nas imagens, as protagonistas dos filmes infantis aparecem com diferentes tipos de deficiência e criam o questionamento: "Do you still like us?" (Você ainda gosta de nós, em inglês)
VIA R7 BRASIL
Humor Chic News - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES UK "Disabled Disney Princesses"
Italian artist Alexsandro Palombo challenges the stereotypical Disney vision of the ideal woman with these drawings of princesses with physical disabilities.
"Have you ever seen a disabled protagonist in a Disney movie?," Alexsandro asks on his blog. "You sure don't because disability doesn't match Disney's standards!"
Disability is a subject close to the artist's heart. He says: "Two years ago I had a rare form of cancer. The surgery to remove it left some parts of my body paralysed. I am now a disabled person, and I have to deal with all forms of discrimination every day.
I wanted to give visibility to a problem that affects many people all over the world. It's a message against discrimination, a message to redefine standards of beauty."
Alexsandro says that if Disney featured a disabled character positively, it could change the way children look at disability.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Humor Chic News - CORRIERE DELLA SERA "Le principesse disabili"
L'artista aleXsandro Palombo ha denunciato la discriminazione nei cofronti dei disabili ridisegnando e reinterpretando le principesse della Disney
Humor Chic News - ANSA Italian News Agency "Principesse Disney disabili con Palombo"
Artista in lotta contro tabù, bellezza non è perfezione
(ANSA) - MILANO, 29 GEN - "Ti piacciamo ancora?" chiedono Biancaneve, Ariel e Belle dalla sedia a rotelle, in un'illustrazione di AleXsandro Palombo, pubblicata sul blog humorchic per "lottare contro i tabù, perché la bellezza - spiega - non è essere una principessa, per un bambino disabile deve essere terrificante vedere un cartone Disney".
"Se Disney prendesse posizione sarebbe un evento storico perché - dice - influirebbe sull'immaginario globale dei bambini ed è attraverso i loro occhi che si cambia il mondo".
VIA ANSA
Humor Chic News - HUFFINGTON POST FRANCE "Princesses Disney: Contre la discrimination, aleXsandro Palombo dessine de fausses princesses handicapées"
HANDICAP - Il était une fois un prince borgne mais néanmoins charmant qui voulait épouser une princesse manchot et partir en voyage de noces en fauteuil roulant. Ce n'est certainement pas le conte que vous raconterez à vos enfants ce soir. Dommage.
Dans une série d'images publiées sur son blog, l'artiste italien Alexsandro Palombo questionne la représentation du handicap dans les dessins animés pour enfants. Il dénonce notamment l'absence de personnages handicapés dans les films Disney.
"Avez-vous déjà vu un personnage handicapé dans un film de Disney ?", interroge-t-il avant d'apporter sa réponse: "Bien sûr que non, parce que le handicap ne correspond pas aux standards de Disney !".
Lire aussi : BLOG - L'accueil de la différence: dépasser l'indifférence
"Il y a deux ans, j'ai eu une forme rare de cancer et après la chirurgie pour enlever certaines parties de mon corps paralysées, je suis maintenant une personne handicapée. Et chaque jour je dois faire face à toutes formes formes de discrimination ". « Grâce à cette série, je voulais donner de la visibilité à ce problème de discrimination".
Pour mémoire et dans un autre style, Alexsandro Palombo est aussi l'auteur de la série d'images montrant Marge Simpson en en femme fatale.
Humor Chic News - HUFFINGTON POST US "Disney Princesses With Disabilities Redefine 'Standards Of Beauty'"
"There is a very sad laugh hiding in those artworks," says artist aleXsandro Palombo, who has created a powerful series imagining Disney princesses with disabilities.
In a few attention-grabbing works shown here, two of Disney's most prominent characters, Cinderella and Snow White, use a wheelchair, while Pocahontas and Jasmine deal with their own circumstance.
"I have decided to portray disabled Disney's characters because they never create a disabled character and I think that they should consider that there are so many disabled people in the planet, it's a fact," he wrote to The Huffington Post.
"Two years ago I had a rare form of cancer and some parts of my body are now paralyzed after surgery to remove it," the Italy-based Palombo continued. "I am now a disabled person, and every day I have to deal with all forms of discrimination and humiliation. Through this series I wanted to give visibility to this problem."
"I think that disabled people doesn't [sic] match Disney's standards of beauty so my message is very simple: Disabled people have rights and are part of the world."
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Humor Chic News - NYDAILYNEWS "Experts applaud artist’s disabled Disney princess series"
Italian artist Alexsandro Palombo is speaking out about the lack of amputees and disabled characters in pop culture with his latest series, portraying Disney princesses in wheelchairs or with missing limbs. Advocates say the message is much-needed.
From Snow White in a wheelchair to Pocahontas limping on crutches with only one leg, they’re Disney princesses like you’ve never seen them before.
Outspoken artist and fashion critic Alexsandro Palombo’s latest piece portrays the cartoon beauties as disabled women, a stark contrast from the Disney classics.
“I wanted to give visibility to a problem that affects a great amount of people in the world,” Palombo, 40, told the Daily News.
The Milan-based artist poses the question, “Do you still like us?” next to his series of reimagined princesses, some being carted in their wheelchairs by Prince Charmings, others posing alone as double amputees.
“Have you ever seen a disabled protagonist in a Disney movie?” he asks on his blog, Humor Chic. “You sure don’t because disability doesn’t match Disney standards!”
Experts say the artist’s campaign is much-needed.
“One out of every five Americans has a disability of some kind,” Carol Glazer, president of the National Disabilities Organization, told the Daily News.
“So when you portray popular iconic figures, like Disney princesses, without any of them having disabilities, you’re cutting out 20% of the population.”
Glazer applauds TV shows like “Push Girls” and “Glee,” which put stars who use wheelchairs in the spotlight, and slammed the suggestion the shows are exploitative.
“People who call that insensitive are not really seeing the whole picture of disability,” she said. “All you’re saying is that there’s a broad range of people in this world. And that’s an important message.”
Susan Stout, interim president and CEO of the Amputee Coalition, said she would love to see one of Palombo’s princesses on the big screen.
“We want everyone to know it is possible to live well with limb loss,” she told the Daily News. “A Disney Princess would help raise awareness and, in turn, acceptance of limb loss.”
Palombo, known for scandalous sketches of fashion bigs like Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld, explained he launched the campaign to speak out against his own discrimination as an amputee.
“Two years ago I had a rare form of cancer and I had to have it removed,” he said. “After the surgery, my upper limb and half lower limb on the left side are paralyzed.”
His earlier works feature Wintour clutching a butcher’s knife and a bunny’s head, wearing a blood-strained apron that says, “I love rabbit” — a dig at the angora-obsessed fashion industry. Another paints style star Victoria Beckham as a bikini-clad skeleton with an “Anorexic Fashion Icon” sash.
VIA NYDAILYNEWS
Humor Chic News - DAILYMAIL "Snow White in a wheelchair and Pocahontas on crutches: Artist reimagines Disney Princesses as disabled to highlight social exclusion"
An artist has challenged Disney's portrayal of the 'ideal' woman by reimagining some classic princess characters as disabled.
In Alexsandro Palombo's Disabled Disney Princesses, Pocahontas walks with crutches, Snow White is wheelchair-bound and Cinderella is missing an arm, promoting the message that beauty comes in all forms.
The Italian artist told the Huffington Post he was inspired to create the series after a bout with cancer left parts of his body paralyzed. 'Every day I have to deal with all forms of discrimination,' he said.
'Through this series I wanted to give visibility to this problem of strong discrimination directed to the persons with disabilities who live in our society.'
While Mr Palombo's version of Sleeping Beauty is missing part of an arm, his Mulan is bound to a wheelchair with both arms and one foot missing.
In one of his illustrations, all of the princesses are pictured together, and a banner at the top of the image, written in the signature Disney script, reads: 'Do you still like us?'
Another similar drawing bears the words: 'Which Disney Princess are you?'
The images are intended to challenge conventional perception of beauty, as well as give young girls who may be disabled themselves real role models to look up to.
He also said that creating a disabled Disney Princess would provide an opportunity for parents to talk to their children about disability.
In one image, Cinderella - who puts on a glass slipper in the original tale - is fitted with a prosthetic leg instead. In another, Prince Charming pushes Snow White in her wheelchair.
Still, many agreed that his illustrations are a positive step towards challenging the conventional notion of beauty that Disney commonly adheres to.While many have praised Mr Palombo for breaking down stereotypes, others have questioned why he has depicted only specific types of disability, leaving out facial deformities and other cases that should be addressed.
This is not the first time Disney has been criticized for a lack of character diversity.
Last year, the company was slammed for giving Brave's Merida - known for her wild hair and fuller figure - a makeover that saw her slimmed down and made more stereotypically pretty.
And in June, a mother named Ashley Martin launched a Change.org petition asking Disney to create a disabled princess for her daughter to look up to.
'Every little girl dreams about being a princess. To a girl with a disability, the popular Disney princesses are another reminder of how society sees beauty,' she wrote on the website.
'Creating a disabled princess will help not only a disabled girls self esteem but will encourage society to look outside their "beauty" box.'
VIA DAILYMAIL
Humor Chic News - HUFFINGTONPOST UK "Disabled Disney Princess Illustrations Are A Stark Reminder Of Discrimination In Society"
Disney Princesses have long been held up as a blueprint for little girls to aspire to.
And while their quest to find the man of their dreams (in most cases) has been criticised by feminists far and wide, one artist claims there is another shortcoming of Disney's creations - one that is seldom discussed.
"Have you ever seen a disabled protagonist in a Disney movie?," Alexsandro Palombo asks on his blog, before swiftly answering his own question: "You sure don't because disability doesn't match Disney's standards!"
Through his work, 'Disabled Disney Princesses', the artist raises previously unasked (and unanswered) questions: would the princesses enjoy the same lifestyle if their bodies were different? Would the films be as popular?
Speaking to HuffPost UK Lifestyle, Alexsandro reveals the issue of disability and social exclusion is close to his heart:
"Two years ago I had a rare form of cancer and after surgery to remove it some parts of my body are now paralysed. I am now a disabled person, and every day I have to deal with all forms of discrimination," he told HuffPost UK Lifestyle.
"Through this series I wanted to give visibility to this problem of strong discrimination directed to the persons with disabilities who live in our society."
The striking illustrations really hit home and serve as a sobering reminder - for both children and adults - of social discrimination of people with disabilities.
What do you think of the project? Let us know in the comments below.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Humor Chic Equal Rights - Disabled Disney Princesses "Which Disney Princess are you?" by aleXsandro Palombo
Artist aleXsandro Palombo imagines Disabled Disney Princesses
Have you ever seen a disabled protagonist in a Disney movie?
You sure don't because disability doesn't match
Disney' standards!
Which Disney Princess are you?
Snow White and Prince Charming, Cinderella, Mulan, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Belle, Aurora The sleeping beauty,
Tiana and Ariel The Little Mermaid
Tiana and Ariel The Little Mermaid
DO YOU STILL LIKE US?
Snow White and Prince Charming
Snow White
Cinderella
Cinderella
Snow White and Prince Charming
Which Disney Princess are you?
Snow White
Cinderella
Mulan
Jasmine
Pocahontas
Belle
Aurora The sleeping beauty
Tiana
Ariel The Little Marmaid
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