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Disney

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The Surprising Magic of Bad Books

  • Amy Shearn
  • August 3, 2016
Any story about a fairy is a story about female power.
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  • Brandon Hicks
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Truth in Animation

  • Brandon Hicks
  • June 26, 2016
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Who’s the Leader of the Club?

  • Lyz Lenz
  • March 17, 2016
Nearing his 90th year, Mickey has not only outlived his adversaries, he has conquered them. Emerson famously advised his readers that if they built a better mousetrap, people would beat…
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The Pyrite Age Of Television

  • Adam Keller
  • February 19, 2016
Prestige dramas like Breaking Bad and The Wire have set the standard for narrative TV programming on streaming services and premium cable networks, but network TV is another story. The…
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Valuation Methods

  • Rachel Wilkinson
  • December 5, 2015
In some of my fantasies, I make a pitch for art or for truth, defend them like commodities.
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1 + 1 = 3

  • Emile DeWeaver
  • November 20, 2015
In the wild, a natural hierarchy reigns: the weaker, the smaller submit to the big and strong. Alpha gorilla stands to beat his chest, and all the king's men zip their lips.
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What We Want Now

  • Alicia Rebecca Myers
  • July 27, 2015
Near the end of my Disney tenure, I filched a Magic Music Days sign from the Epcot entrance and hands shaking, brought it to a tattoo artist.
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Highway 18

  • Monica Drake
  • March 20, 2015
It’s always the doe protecting a fawn in the woods that stomps a passerby to death.
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Beyond the Wishes of the Genie: Remembering Robin Williams

  • Maria Smilios
  • August 29, 2014
Williams is not free to “see the world” with a little brown suitcase in hand nor is he free to miss Aladdin or anyone else.
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Something Steely, Unsympathetic, and Cold: A Reconsideration of Mary Poppins

  • Larry Fahey
  • June 22, 2010
Something horrible is coming to 17 Cherry Tree Lane.
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Bad Mommy: A New Blog About Parenting, Kind of, by Kaui Hart Hemmings

  • Kaui Hemmings
  • December 29, 2008
An Introduction to Bad Mommy I’m not a bad mother. That title is just a cheap teaser and something to differentiate myself from the mamma masses. It’s interesting. I’m not…
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