Pixar’s new movie is approximately an 11-year-old girl’s inner life: parenting forums and shrinks should stay awayIf the makers of the new Pixar film Inside Out thought they could get absent without a massive body image row … well,it looks as whether they have another think coming.
This very enjoyable film is approximately the inner life of an 11-year-old girl, with emotions shown as characters presiding over her intellect. But online parenting forums and psychology professionals are reportedly outraged that Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith) is shown as pudgy, or frumpy and unattractive and delight (voiced by Amy Poehler) is slim,pretty and smart. What is the film saying? That pudgy people are sad in every sense and lean people are considerable? Is this advantageous for young women’s self-confidence?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com