![]() ![]() While Princess Smartypants and Brave are princess stories (or anti-princess stories), they contain many elements of cowgirl narratives: a girl and her horse, independence, grit, courage. In recent Disney Pixar film Brave and Babette Cole children’s book Princess Smartypants-two stories that I would argue are cowgirl narratives-have heroines who actively reject romance in favor of life with their animals. ![]() In cowgirl narratives, romantic relationships are rarely something the female protagonist actively chases rather she is often chasing the ways of her heart and love happens to come along. When women talk about horses, they often speak of freedom and power, of connectivity and understanding, of trust-often using the same language we use when we discuss intimate relationships with humans. Growing up in 4-H, I heard the joke often: girls would rather give up boys than our ponies. ![]()
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