C'mon. Having Elsa's ice magic would be so useful on a daily basis. (Once I learn to control it.) Forgot about my homework? Suddenly there's a polar vortex surrounding Henry Clay High School. Snow day! Really not feeling that test you have at the end of the day? We're getting out early! That girl in fourth hour won't stop talking and she's driving you nuts? Make her into an ice statue. (Kidding. Kinda.)
But beyond that, Elsa is an inspiring woman. She's kindhearted, and always worried about others more than herself. She's independent, but learns to balance that by still letting people in, instead of isolating herself. She's not focused only on finding her prince or being a princess, but on running her own kingdom and creating close bonds with her family.
It's impossible to truly realize how much I love Frozen, having grown up in a golden age of Disney movies and more specifically, Disney princess movies. For the first time, the Disney princesses are teaching children what I would want my children to learn. You can be a strong independent woman. You don't need to worry about when your prince will come. You're not some beautiful girl trapped in a glass case or in a castle waiting for someone else to come and save you. You're a beautiful girl, with her own thoughts and dreams- whether they're visiting an interesting festival, or starting a privately owned restaurant- who is capable of defending herself (be that with frying pans or bows and arrows), and is, in the end, her own person, separate from any prince she might choose to love.
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