Disney

What Disney's Orange Bird Logo Says about Corporate Support and the LGBTQ Movement

by Julio Capó, Jr.

In the 1970s, Disney was much more willing to tolerate the anti-gay tirades of singer Anita Bryant, which previewed today's "groomer" accusations, because of a lucrative and politically expedient partnership with Florida's orange growers, suggesting movement power, not corporate benevolence, is driving change. 

It's Not the First Time Conservatives Have Feuded With Disney over LGBTQ Issues

Despite the volume of threats to boycott, Disney has seen little damage from previous controversies like the Southern Baptist Convention's 1997 boycott over Ellen DeGeneris, theme park "Gay Days" and health benefits for same-sex partners. 

Disney Controversy Puts Right-Wing Children's Entertainment Industry in Spotlight

by Nicole Hemmer

A growing array of conservative children’s literature and programming coincides with right-wing attacks on schools and children’s entertainment that conservatives claim are sites of political and sexual indoctrination.

Making a More Inclusive Disney Means Pushing Back Against the Park's History

by Eric Avila

Complaints about "wokeness" at Disney theme parks ignore the way that the parks' designs reflected Walt Disney's conservatism and a hierarchical view of human civilizations. 

The white nostalgia fueling the ‘Little Mermaid’ backlash

by Brooke Newman

The uproar over a black Ariel shows how important representation in children’s entertainment is.

Trump is so controversial Disney reportedly won’t let him have a speaking role in the Hall of Presidents

To side-step controversy Disney is revamping the exhibit. Now only GW and Lincoln will speak.

Turning the Movies of the Past into Concert Hits of the Present

by Bruce Chadwick

The combination of historic movies and orchestral music is a surefire hit and we are bound to see more of them around the country.

Backlash to Disney announcement it’s making a movie about a white father in 2014 who claimed a kingdom in Africa on behalf of his daughter, his "princess"

Critics say the story is a celebration of colonialism

Americans Think Africa Is One Big Wild Animal Reserve

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Most actual Africans don’t come any closer to wildlife than Westerners do, but it's not what Westerners think.