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A long, long time ago.
In a galaxy far, far away.
Princess Leia was enslaved by the evil Jabba the Hutt.
Spoiler: she doesn’t.
To compound the deep indignity, Jabba, an evil intergalactic gangster, dressed the Princess in a gold bikini and chains (chains that she would ultimately use to choke him. She is our favourite self-rescuing princess, after all).
Closer to home and quite recently, a father talked to his five-year-old daughter about the gold bikini and asked her whether it was a demeaning and embarrassing outfit.
Pondering deeply, the daughter replied: “Nah, I think actually think it’s a good look for her…She should escape and keep wearing it”.
The father animated their conversation and it is quite adorable. 1.3M viewers in one day aren’t wrong…
Top Comments
It's a very cute and nicely done animation. What a lovely way to diary conversations with your kids in a charming way.
Having said that, 5 year old girls cannot conceptualise sexualised humiliation. She cannot conceptualise the objectification of women, or the "male gaze". It's just another sparkly gold outfit and pretty plaited hair, so it really does not add anything to any debate about what is signified by Princess Leia's slave outfit.