Just Whistle While You Woke
6th April 2022
It’s the dream of every little girl: Prince Charming rides in on a white horse and asks her to come with him. They gallop off to his castle where he takes her hand, gets down on one knee, and says… “BIPOCs and other marginalized groups face cultural genocide thanks to a patriarchy that encourages heteronormativity and ableism.”
To which she sings, “When you microaggress upon a starrrrrrr…”
Yes, from out of the “too tone deaf to function” file this week comes the Disney corporation, that peddler of fairytale escapism, which has now gone full woke. Its new business model appears to be as follows: Disney hikes its ticket and merchandise costs, making its theme parks increasingly unaffordable to poor and middle-class families. It then absolves its guilt by posturing as an ally of the “powerless” and “marginalized.”
A rainbow-colored Mickey balloon that costs $30: welcome to the Magic Kingdom.