Literary References:

England, D.E., Descartes, L. & Collier-Meek, M.A. Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses. Sex Roles 64, 555–567 (2011).

Guo, Jeff. “Analysis | Researchers Have Found a Major Problem with ‘The Little Mermaid’ and Other Disney Movies.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 7 Aug. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/25/researchers-have-discovered-a-major-problem-with-the-little-mermaid-and-other-disney-movies/.

Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno. “The culture industry: Enlightenment as Mass deception,” pp. 94–136 in Gunzelin Schmid Noerr (ed.), Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments, Translated by Edmund Jephcott. Stanford University Press, 2002. 

Patricia Hill Collins. “Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought,” Social Problems 33, no. 6 (1986): S14-S32.

Stuart Hall. “Encoding, Decoding,” pp. 507-517 in The Cultural Studies Reader 2nd Edition (ed Simon During). Routledge, 1993. 

Image References:

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Princess

https://nypost.com/2018/10/18/modern-moms-have-had-enough-of-disneys-damsels-in-distress/

https://www.sweetyhigh.com/read/what-fave-disney-princess-reveals-about-you-030917

https://timelessfantasy.weebly.com/home/sleeping-beauty-archetypes

https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/disney-princess/picks/results/1451770/which-dp-looks-best-work-town-peasant-dress

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/362610207470379644/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/566398090609521733/

https://www.nairaland.com/1883156/disturbing-life-lessons-learned-disney

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/566890671822524153/

https://www.listal.com/viewimage/6748046h

https://heroes-and-villians.fandom.com/wiki/Aurora

https://disneyprincess.fandom.com/wiki/Ariel

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=disney+princess&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

https://www.maids.com/blog/how-to-clean-your-home-like-a-princess/