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So I was at my friend’s house last night for a crab boil and while talking we got around to the subject of Fantasia (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, go wikipedia it, loser!). So we got really excited and decided to watch it because we both looooved this movie when we were little. Well everything was going all good and nostalgic until we got around to the one with the centaurs and Greek mythology stuff. At which point we realized it was totally creepy. First of all, half the piece is taken up by the girl centaurs obsessively making themselves pretty and then flaunting their scantily-clad bodies for the boy centaurs (who are all really big and muscular and creepy). Can we say worst message to send young girls ever. I think Disney is 1/3 responsible for eating disorders (see: the little mermaid, waist measurement 12”). But the best part was the short clip of the only non-white characters in the whole movie pretty much, who are two black zebra centaurs (yes, ZEBRA i.e. “exotic” creature from AFRICA, come on people). The black zebra centaurs are basically servants shown for 2 seconds fanning and watering the fat drunk white Bacchus, who proceeds to chase around all the centauresses trying to molest them.

Moral of the story: Bite me, Disney, for your gender role obsession. Except for Mulan, which is awesome.

And I’m also a huge hypocrite because I still really love Fantasia.

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