I thought Amber did a great job on her oral presentation. She seemed very comfortable in front of the class and made eye contact the whole time. You could tell she knew her topic well and that she wasn't just reading from her notecards. She was informative on her topic of how fairytales influence gendering. Her powerpoint was neat and attractive. What really grabbed my attention during her presentation is how she described Disney's new fairytale "The Princess and the Frog." Up until that point, she explained how the Disney princesses usually wore pink or purple dresses and how the toys were girly. However, in describing the new Disney princess Tiana, she pointed out that unlike the earlier Disney princesses of her time, her dress is green. Also, toys adapted from the movie for little girls to play with are not the usual girly things we are used to seeing like a vanity set. The toys instead included like a bango and some other things that we weren't use to seeing. She mentioned that she doesn't know if this done was to make a change in the gendering influence or due to the fact that Tiana is unlike the other princesses because she is black. Overall, her points and information was really interesting.
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