Feminine, feminine and feminism: the three "f-words" that can get more reactions than expected when said out loud. Like the other "f-word" that rhymes with duck, these words and the concepts they carry have been written by many brilliant theorists, such as Toril Moi and Laura Mulvey, all of whom bring to the fore questions of how women are treated and viewed in our patriarchal and sexist society. Each of these words has developed an assortment of associations, some of them positive, but most of them negative, in our society, to the point that these words have actually become what are sometimes treated as swear words, primarily by the mainstream media. Feminism, femininity and femininity are very different things, despite their similarity in sound and appearance, yet they are often associated to be related, if not the same thing. For example, it is commonly assumed that if a woman is present, she will meet a defined set of feminine qualities. Despite this, relief from the overwhelming male gaze and power structure can be found in some of the strangest places, such as in some occasional films in the Disney Princess series. Although most Disney princesses are still stuck in patriarchal societies and most of them have no feminism to speak of, some Disney princesses do, like Merida, Mulan, Elsa, and Anna. Most women featured in media, particularly in films, are there to be looked at and objectified, to be looked at through society's collective male gaze. Through the lenses presented by Moi and Mulvey, it becomes evident that these Disney Princesses possess agency. To identify as a woman is to identify as a woman according to biology, and to be a woman is to be associated with a "set of... .. middle of paper ...... portraying women in roles that do not objectify them, encourage degradation, and promote feminism and female agency, there are some films that (thankfully) possess these traits Tests like the Bechdel Test and theorists like Moi and Mulvey highlight and raise the issues present in our current patriarchal society that tries so hard to. pigeonholing women and reducing them to sexual objects without agency, present only for male pleasure and power, are incredibly valid and important, but no longer so overwhelmingly true: the feminist movement is making progress, on some fronts, even in the world of Disney, who constantly receives criticism for the female role models it promotes to girls Fortunately, through the lenses presented by Moi and Mulvey, it becomes evident that these Disney Princesses possess agency and are not just there to allow men to objectify...