Revisiting the Holy Trinity of Aroace Disney Princesses for Pride Month
Although not canonically aromantic or asexual. the stories and personalities of these Disney princesses resonate with members of the aroace community.

Eric and Carrie Stanfield gather to be with their gravely ill father and his live-in maid during the holiday season. A group of mysterious guests begin to arrive, claiming to be their father’s friends. First, it’s an old hunting buddy. Then, a sassy socialite, followed by the father’s secret lover. Eric is suspicious of the group as his father has never mentioned any of them before. When they find their father has been murdered in his bed, Eric suspects the mysterious guests have come to steal his father’s fortune. One by one, the guests are murdered. Who will survive?
Although not canonically aromantic or asexual. the stories and personalities of these Disney princesses resonate with members of the aroace community.
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
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