Warning: This post deals with issues of domestic violence and may be triggering for survivors of abuse.
“When did he stop treating you like a princess?”
That’s the thought-provoking tagline attached to a series of images of Disney princesses with black eyes and bloody lips, designed to make people think twice about domestic violence.
Saint Hoax – the same artist who reimagined Disney Princesses as victims of incest – has created this new series of images to remind women that, “It’s never too late to put an end to it.”
Hoax told The Huffington Post, “Disney princess are perceived as ideal females. They belong to a fairytale land where happy ever afters are bound to happen. But what happens after the happy ever after?”
“By portraying Disney princesses as victims of domestic violence, I’m proposing the idea that no girl/woman is safe from being emotionally/physically/sexually abused.”
Disney Princesses are supposed to be living a fairy-tale happily ever after, and seeing these images reminds the audience that no matter how perfect a relationship looks from the outside – it may not look that way from within.
“By portraying Disney princesses as victims of domestic violence, I’m proposing the idea that no girl/woman is safe from being emotionally/physically/sexually abused,” Hoax told HuffPo.
If you believe you may be an abusive partner, you can receive help via Relationships Australia on 1300 364 277. If you have experienced, or are at risk of domestic violence or sexual assault, you can receive help by calling 1800 RESPECT – 1800 737 732. If you are in immediate danger please call the police on 000.
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Judging by the over the top wedding celebrations that are happening there are still ladies out there who are still buying the Disneyeaquesque view of happy ever after
I suspect the Disney Corp aren't too impressed by this and as they have a well established reputation for exploring every legal avenue to ruin those who transgress their trademark I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of this dispute although good luck to anyone who wants to take them on as I think Disney is one of the worst corporations around.
But for those who worry that these are sending dark messages to our kids, I can only assume that you've never read the original versions that Disney took over, trademarked and cleaned up. To take a random example: The Little Mermaid. Disney version, gets the prince and lives happily ever after. Original version: mermaid falls in love with prince, makes a deal with sea witch to become human, does so at the price of not being able to speak and having every step come with crippling pain, as unable to speak and in obvious constant agony fails to win prince who goes off with beautiful human princess, little mermaid throws herself overboard and drowns. Not sure that the battered woman version is much darker than this!