Disney released this super inspiring, girl power video called “I Am A Princess.” If you’re anything like myself and majorly eyeroll when anyone categorizes girls as “princesses” because it sounds like they’ve turned your femininity into a weakness this video may sound super lame (at first). All those princesses who could only be saved by the handsome prince definitely warped my view of lady royalty.

Did anyone else have an epiphany when they heard that Cheetah Girls’ song? You know the one that says, “I don’t wanna be like Cinderella, sitting in a dark, cold, dusty cellar, waiting for somebody to come and set me free. I don’t wanna be like someone waiting for a handsome prince to come and save me. . . I’d rather rescue myself.”

This video is more Cheetah Girls than Sleeping Beauty. If you didn’t feel like a princess before it will definitely make you reconsider. The video showcases all different kinds of girls doing all different kinds of things like dancing, horseback riding, and swimming, but it also includes things that don’t fit into traditional gender roles like racing cars, mechanics and playing in a band. Most importantly it shows girls being honorable, brave and having strong values.

If I get to be strong AND wear a tiara that’s kind of cool. I think that’s what women’s rights have been trying to get at for a while. You can be a pretty-in-pink princess and a confident, headstrong women. Being a princess doesn’t have to mean you need to be saved, it can mean you’re born with the power to save yourself. (And rule the universe with your sparkly pink scepter!)

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