Disney Sends Beautiful Message With First ‘Boy Princess,’ Complete With Chest Hair | HuffPost Life

Move over, Snow White.

Noah Michelson— HuffPost

There’s a new princess in the kingdom and his story is unlike any previously told by Disney.

In a recent episode of ‘Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil’ - the first animated series created by a woman, Daron Nefcy, for the Disney XD channel - one of the lead characters, Marco Diaz, assumes the identity of “Princess Turdina” to help save St. Olga’s Reform School for Wayward Princesses from the evil grip of the schoolmaster, Ms. Heinous.

All is going well until Ms. Heinous returns to the school and outs Marco as ... a boy! Her proof? A single curly chest hair hidden beneath Princess Turdina’s resplendent purple gown.

“That doesn’t prove anything! Princesses can be hairy!” a princess in the crowd responds.

“Yeah, we believe in you, Turdina,” another princess, who is remarkably hirsute herself, adds.

Even after Marco admits he’s a boy, the crowd refuses to see gender as the basis for who can and can’t be a princess.

“Why does it matter if he’s a boy?” one princess asks. “Nothing he said was wrong!”

“He can be a princess if he wants to,” another asserts.

“Turdina is a state of mind!” someone else yells before a rallying cry of “free will!” fills the room and the princesses attack the schoolmaster and her minions.

It’s a beautiful moment and one that could be incredibly influential for kids who are soaking up social cues about what it means to be a boy or a girl - or any gender in between - and what supposedly is or isn’t possible because of how they identify.

No stranger to offering groundbreaking content, ‘Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil’ had the honour of debuting Disney’s first same-sex kiss earlier this year.

This story was originally published on the US version of HuffPost.

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This Photoshopping Disney Princesses Craze Needs To Stop

(01 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(02 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(03 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(04 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(05 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(06 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(07 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(08 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(09 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(10 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(11 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(12 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(13 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(14 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(15 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(16 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(17 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(18 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(19 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(20 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(21 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(22 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(23 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

(24 of24)

If you use Facebook or have opened an email from a co-worker in the past year, you've probably noticed the swathe of peculiar articles involving Disney Princesses being reimagined in some way - usually something hugely relatable, ridiculous or making some sort of statement.Like Disney Princesses With Period Stains which involved using Microsoft Paint to spray a bit of red on various characters' crotches.
We've seen Disney Princesses As Raptors, If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Hair and Disney Princesses With Realistic Body Hair. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with a little period blood. We just don't know why it needs to be on a cartoon character.It's time for this to stop. If we don't stop it, we'll probably end up with articles like this.

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