Beauty, Entertainment, Politics, Woke, Womanly Feminism

Sometimes It’s Not Real, and It’s Not Even True: Disney’s Latest Snow White Staggers To the Finish Line

Crimenutely.  The date is almost upon us.  Come tomorrow, March 21, 2025, Disney's latest iteration of Snow White hits US theaters.  I've done my best, during what must be one of the most drawn-out, screwed-up, infelicitous run ups to a premiere in movie history, to keep my dear readers up to speed with developments over… Continue reading Sometimes It’s Not Real, and It’s Not Even True: Disney’s Latest Snow White Staggers To the Finish Line

Culture, Literature, Movies and TV, Plain Speaking

Snow White: Young Woman From Heteronormative Nuclear Family Follows Daddy’s Advice, Makes Good

Lord, I almost missed it. I’ve been so wound up about the appalling violence done in this reboot of a beloved children’s classic that I overlooked this recently unearthed interview by Variety magazine with two of the film’s stars, Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot.  (Zegler is still young enough to get away with the giggly, simpering co-ed vibe.  In… Continue reading Snow White: Young Woman From Heteronormative Nuclear Family Follows Daddy’s Advice, Makes Good

Culture, Entertainment, Fantasy, Movies and TV

Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It’s Off to Woke We Go!

It seems some photos from the set of Disney’s new, live-action Snow White movie have been leaked and have gone viral, largely via the New York Post. Chief among them is this one: which shows a person (perhaps of the human kind formerly known as ‘woman,’ but I’m afraid to speculate) dressed as an extra from The Handmaid’s Tale,… Continue reading Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It’s Off to Woke We Go!