A Weird Fact about the Disney Princesses

“[Before 2000], Disney had never marketed its characters separately from a film’s release, and old-timers like Roy Disney considered it heresy to lump together those from different stories. That is why, these days, when the ladies appear on the same item, they never make eye contact. Each stares off in a slightly different direction, as if unaware of the others’ presence. Now that I have told you, you’ll always notice it.”–from Peggy Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter