{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Elisabeth Gattullo Marrocolla","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/elisabeth-gattullo\/","title":"The Snow Queen, Frozen, and Feminist Critique","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EAwcWu1dk2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/the-snow-queen-frozen-and-feminist-critique\/\">The Snow Queen, Frozen, and Feminist Critique<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/the-snow-queen-frozen-and-feminist-critique\/embed\/#?secret=EAwcWu1dk2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Snow Queen, Frozen, and Feminist Critique&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"EAwcWu1dk2\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"In March, I blogged about the upcoming adaptation of The Snow Queen, Disney&#8217;s Frozen. At the time, no trailer had been released. In that blog post, I voiced a concern about the title change and placement of female characters in the marketing campaign.&#8220;Like Tangled and last year\u2019s Brave, Frozen follows a recent tradition of taking any references to female main characters out of the title of new films&#8221; but added, &#8220;&#8230;regardless of how they obfuscate the main character\u2019s gender, Frozen looks to be a fun family film that gives this generation a new Disney Princess to relate to.&#8221; I was extremely excited about the talented vocal cast, including Kristen Bell, Indina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff. Since then, the controversy over this adaptation and the use of the female main characters has ratcheted up, especially when the head cartoonist for the movie, Lino DiSalvo, gave an interview and said, &#8220;Historically speaking,..."}