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Disney Movies’ Shifting Narratives: Queer-Coding to LGBT Spotlights
With over three million children being frequent movie goers and with this number increasing each year, Disney must centralize the representation of LGBTQ individuals in its movies to achieve its mission of truly inviting everyone to “be its guest.”
Details‘On My Block’: The Importance of Diverse Narratives in the Coming-of-Age Genre
The show makes genuine efforts for diversity, as it is the first Netflix original TV series where all of the cast consists of young people of color.
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‘Love, Simon,’ But Also Pay for It
In order to see more progress in representation, we have to support any representation we get.
DetailsPortrait of the American Gun Owner
Like all social justice movements that reach the mainstream, gun control rhetoric faces the danger of echoing the very oppressive ideologies it seeks to challenge.
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The Commodification of Makeup
On one hand, makeup is one of the few art forms historically dominated by women, and I do appreciate its versatility and personal variety. But at its core, makeup constitutes an enormous industry fueled by patriarchal manipulation and capitalistic greed.
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