Disney+ Releases Short Film With Plus-Sized Lead Protagonist, Mixed Reactions From The Community
It’s 2022 and every film, book, fashion show, and other forms of media have started to be more inclusive (or at least try to be). Whether it’s about race, skin colour, body size, or sexuality, this is the day and age where all are represented in mass media.
Disney, the corporation that gave us slim princesses and unrealistic relationship expectations, has just released a short film where the protagonist is a plus-sized ballerina.
Reflect is a short film now on Disney+ about a young ballet dancer named Bianca who struggles with her body image.
Though the film was first released on the platform in September as a part of the studio’s Short Circuit Experimental Films series, many social media users are now celebrating Reflect as a win for representation among young girls.
According to CNN, body positivity is something director Hillary Bradfield strongly believes in. Making the film from the perspective of a…
