This article is massively eye-opening on the effect animated Disney films have on children's culture and in turn the future of our society. It has ruined my childhood slightly by highlighting the more sexist, racist and classist readings of our beloved childhood films, but altogether an interesting and important read! The article appears to have been written in the mid 90s, given the references to The Lion King and The Little Mermaid as 'recent' Disney films, but given that these classics are still a staple of growing up in the western world (and that certain tropes are blatantly still used in modern animated tales) it's a very relevant article on the underestimated power of animated film on culture.
http://www.riverdell.org/cms/lib05/NJ01001380/Centricity/Domain/125/Animating%20Youth.pdf
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