Comments on: Third Time Still Not the Charm for Toy Story’s Female Characters

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By: Belle of Acadia

Belle of Acadia — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:08:01 +0000

I don’t think this is the most important thing to be focusing on when women in this world are getting their clitorises brutally mutilated.

By: sonjam

sonjam — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:14:38 +0000

Wall-E didn’t have a specific gender. Actually, a lot of LGBT groups praised the movie because as a machine, and with an ambiguous voice, Wall-E could have been female or male.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:37:47 +0000

Great article. Very very interesting

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:37:21 +0000

Everyone sees gender- especially children who are modeling themselves and what they are capable of becoming after movies like this. Studies repeatedly show that under-representation of girls in the media lead them to believe they don't have options when they grow up and young boys have quoted saying they wouldn't want to be girls because that means they couldn't do anything.

Gender has nothing to do with genitalia, it has to do with the construction of an identity and movies like this play a tremendous role in that construction.

By: princess

princess — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:31:39 +0000

i cannot believe what i am reading. are they serious. i just got through watching toy story 3 and loved just as much as when i saw it in the theater. i did not see any sexual innuendos at all. and not only that spanish buzz was hysterical. why do people, like the ones who wrote this article, try to bash good films. not like there was sex, blood and guts going on here. my son is autistic and loves all the toy story movies. let the kids enjoy the movie and stop trying to down it. and as for the ones who wrote this articcle get off ur high horses and stop preaching to us. most of us are not buying it.

By: RadFemHedonist

RadFemHedonist — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:45:24 +0000

I agree with you about there being no indication whatsoever that Ken is gay, he's extremely camp, but as I'm guessing the author of this article is well aware, camp =/= gay, I agree with the article that the movie shows prejudice towards non-gender-conforming men in it's portrayal of Ken (though as you noted it also shows male characters who are more emotionally open than men are often believed/expected to be), but he clearly falls for Barbie instantly, and I thought that was a nice little break from stereotypes. I agree with you that Ken could be "coded" gay, because so many people think that gay = camp, but even though I thought "possible Ken is gay because he's girly" jokes and looked carefully during the movie for indications that he was gay, there was nothing even ambiguously gay about him (such as complimenting other men on their appearance in ways that might imply longing or suggestions that his love for Barbie was fake, that sort of thing, which is not to say that someone gay cannot be in love with someone of the opposite sex, as orientation and labels are so complicated that that is sometimes the case, or to say that any man who compliments another man on his appearance is necessarily expressing feelings of attraction, but rather that these might be someone's experiences/behaviour because they are gay in a way that things like crossing your legs when you sit or eating sandwiches or how good you are at throwing and catching balls are not).

By: Vivian

Vivian — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:17:28 +0000

@Jo
When were there any sexual references and innuedos between Buzz and Jessie in Toy Story 3?

By: Vivian

Vivian — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:40:05 +0000

I have just one question for Jo:
I can't recall any sexual references between Buzz and Jessie in the latest installment of the Toy Story series, and I was caught extremely offguard by that comment. I racked my brain for anything that could have possibly suggested such things, but I could find nothing. If it isn't too much trouble, could you explain to me what exactly you interpreted to be such things. I am only curious.

By: Vivian

Vivian — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:39:43 +0000

Again, I absolutely loved this movie. It is definitely my favorite movie that has come out this whole year. I will continue to support Pixar because of their movies that focus on values that our children need to learn. Sure, they aren't perfect, but they're probably the nearest thing that we're going to get to it. If you were to nitpick at every single thing, then yes, the movie may come across very sexist or biased or whatever you are searching for. In the long run though, this movie promoted the values and ideals that our children need in their lives and that adults needed to be reminded of. I would like to thank the author of this article for making me think just where I stood and for being willing to share what she believed no matter what anyone else thought. Though I do disagree with you in some areas, I am glad that you were willing to share what you thought, felt, and believed. In the end though, these are only kid movies. We should enjoy them for what they were made for and that is good family entertainment.