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Jeanna Kadlec

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Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding and Masculinity in Pocahontas

by Jeanna Kadlec April 13, 2021October 18, 2022

Pocahontas may seem like a strange vehicle for discussing our gay villains. But Disney gets inventive when they need to circumvent white people’s historical responsibility for genocidal atrocities — and queerness is a useful scapegoat.

Posted inStory

Deconstructing Disney: Motherhood and the Taming of Maleficent

by Jeanna Kadlec October 7, 2020October 19, 2022

Last week, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, was released on Disney+. Jeanna Kadlec takes this opportunity to explore how Disney has dealt with their most powerful of witches.

Elsa with blue flag behind her
Posted inStory

Deconstructing Disney: The Princess Problem of ‘Frozen II’

by Jeanna Kadlec January 2, 2020December 30, 2022

Audiences wanted Disney to give Elsa a girlfriend. But the Frozen franchise is at the center of the corporation’s latest princess project, whose nationalist concerns are decidedly here for the gay agenda.

Posted inBooks, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

In Jo’s Image

by Jeanna Kadlec December 19, 2019December 30, 2022

Jeanna Kadlec considers the impact of Little Women’s matriarchy — and its heroine — on the formation of her own queer identity.

Posted inNonfiction

The 19th Century Lesbian Made for 21st Century Consumption

by Jeanna Kadlec June 6, 2019February 24, 2023

Jeanna Kadlec considers Anne Lister, the historical figure at the center of HBO’s Gentleman Jack, and the influence of other queer women who preceded her.

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