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  • <em>Beauty and the Beast</em> is on a rant.  Look out patriarchy! But is Hermoine’s feminist fairytale all that? It is, after all a <em>fairytale</em>, with a protagonist called <em>Beauty.</em>

    Feminism Defunked: Emma Watson in Beauty & the Beast

    Posted on February 23, 2017 |
    Beauty and the Beast is on a rant. Look out patriarchy! But is Hermoine’s feminist fairytale all that? It is, after all a fairytale, with a protagonist called Beauty.

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  • Paradisaical princesses and their soporific stereotype; Disney’s been dishing ‘em out for years, to the detriment of feminism and the delight of popular culture. But the heat is on!

    What’s in a face? Disney attempts to combat stereotype with new checklist for a modern princess

    Posted on October 21, 2016 |
    Paradisaical princesses and their soporific stereotype; Disney’s been dishing ‘em out for years, to the detriment of feminism and the delight of popular culture. But the heat is on!

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  • Like John Snow, those medieval guys knew nothing because there<em> is</em> nothing quite like the torture of reading a NOT kickass book…over and over and over again! Every day. Every night. All the time.

    Five NOT Kickass books for kids

    Posted on March 3, 2016 |
    Like John Snow, those medieval guys knew nothing because there is nothing quite like the torture of reading a NOT kickass book…over and over and over again! Every day. Every night. All the time.

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  • The cogs of consumerism that drive Disney's whopping wheel of fortune are comprised of many a character - the Empire's feisty fiends being the most enigmatic.

    Disney Villain Perfume Bottles

    Posted on September 9, 2014 |
    The cogs of consumerism that drive Disney's whopping wheel of fortune are comprised of many a character - the Empire's feisty fiends being the most enigmatic.

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  • Tattooed and tantalising, these twisted temptresses are the coolest gals in the Magic Kingdom fo'sho.

    Disney Princesses…the metal way

    Posted on September 2, 2014 |
    Tattooed and tantalising, these twisted temptresses are the coolest gals in the Magic Kingdom fo'sho.

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  • THE FABULOUS PHOTOGRAPHIC FANTASIES OF ANNIE LEIBOVITZ - The grim and gruesome personality of oral folktales have formed the foundation of the euphemised Disney tales, which illustrators have transmuted onto silver screen with posed pretense...

    Disney Dream Portraits by Annie Leibovitz: Series VI

    Posted on April 4, 2011 |
    THE FABULOUS PHOTOGRAPHIC FANTASIES OF ANNIE LEIBOVITZ - The grim and gruesome personality of oral folktales have formed the foundation of the euphemised Disney tales, which illustrators have transmuted onto silver screen with posed pretense...

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