Fantasia

Episode Summary


Erin and Rachel review Disney’s Fantasia (1940) segment by
segment and discuss the film’s repeated racist, female
objectifying, and fatphobic imagery. But the music and unicorns
are pretty! Maybe there’s a reason Disney likes to focus on
Sorcerer Mickey when they talk about this film...


Episode Bibliography


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