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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: A Binder Full of Magic Card Women

by Susana Polo | 4:58 pm, October 18th, 2012


What’s better than binders full of women? Binders full of magic cards. But what if the magic cards were women? (Geekosystem)

Sofia is the newest Disney princess, making her TV movie debut on November 18th. She’s both the first pre-school age princess and, as Disney recently announced, the first Hispanic princess. Her voice actress, however, is not of Hispanic descent, and even this passes-for-white Latina feels there probably would have been more minority-representation value here if Sophia appeared closer to the admittedly limited section of the color spectrum that American society reads as “Hispanic.” Time will tell whether the content of Once Upon a Princess will lives up to Disney’s hopes for it. (The FW)

Here’s some ladies doing advanced particle physics in 1960. (io9)

This might be a perfect companion for my Pi Pie Plate. (Neatorama)

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  • R.O.U.S.

    Yes! Put Colbert in The Hobbit!

  • http://twitter.com/Sorkinator Arielle

    That…that little girl is as pale as I am! And she has blue eyes and auburn hair? If she’s Hispanic, couldn’t they at least have made her look like the majority of Hispanic little girls?

  • http://twitter.com/moxiesix Moxie Six

    Maybe Sofia is Hispanic as in from Spain (ie European.) It would explain the pale skin and blue eyes. I want a Latina princess next time!

  • http://twitter.com/XandraDust Alexis the Unicorn

    Sophia Would definitely pass as Hispanic in Spain, but America is much closer to Mexico. She looks more like Belle than a Latina. It would be much improved if her entire image was a bit darker. Girls want a Princess that looks like them, not one that makes the feel like their coloring is all wrong, and that’s exactly the image that Hispanic Sophia sends out to little Mexican girls, who typically have tan skin and dark features. At this point my five year old self could pass off for Sophia (and I was very pale!)

  • Sanjay Merchant

    I dunno if this is how it actually happened, but it sort of feels like “AND SHE’S HISPANIC!” was tacked onto Sofia as an afterthought….

    Also, I can’t help but want to tell Mr. There-Aren’t-Enough-Totally-Hot-Babes-In-Science that, if he wants to be around super-models that much, he should probably be in fashion photography or design instead of… any career not directly attached to fashion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ashe.samuels Ashe P. Samuels

    It’s pretty obvious they wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

    “Look! We made her Hispanic, but white-passing! Hopefully she won’t be confused with Cinderella or Aurora!”

    Spaniards tend to be light-skinned, sure, but is it coincidence they chose that option over a girl with darker skin and hair? Considering our closer proximity to Mexico and Latin America, our swelling Latin@ populations, AS WELL AS Disney’s already hugely problematic history with race, they should’ve tried something different. I’m not buying this attempt at progress.

    On another note, Stephen Colbert NEEDS to be in The Hobbit. I will protest if this doesn’t happen!

  • http://www.spaceunicorn.net Jayme

    But isn’t that the difference between Hispanic and Latina? I have heard that people of Latin American descent do not like being referred to as Hispanic. They prefer Latino/Latina and that Hispanic is being restricted to use in referring to people from Spain/of Spanish descent. Or is this something that only comes up in the Localization community?

  • Anonymous

    I honestly don’t like the idea that the first Latina/Hispanic princess is a kid. Why? There are Latin folk tales and South American fairy tales they could have considered for another teenage/YA princess movie. You can reach a broader audience that way. You guys have already gone over the many reasons why it’s weird that she looks like a Caucasian toddler. But her just being a toddler makes me raise an eyebrow.

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