#disneydobetter

[roborevolutionaryrenditionsblog]

[andrews-reviews-and-thoughts]

Tsk tsk. Way to show your employees and fans where you side, Disney. Remember to support the writers and other people who make up the content you get, folks. Otherwise, we could get a repeat of what happened with HBO Max and lose films and shows people put a lot of hard work and love into. #DisneyDoBetter (Seriously, you can’t just rely on the Marvel and Star Wars stuff to entice people)

on the announcement that Disney+ is removing a plethora of shows and films from its service, please read these tweets from Willow writer John Bickerstaff. this is not a tax writeoff like Batgirl, because these projects have already been released. this is a move designed to cut off financial support in the form of residuals, and break the spirit of the strike. here is the deadline article that lists the films/shows that will be removed.

as always, donate to the entertainment community fund, vocally support the WGA online and irl, or join a picket in a major US city if you can. let them know they can't keep getting away with things like this.

[hologramartgalleryblog]

[digitalartgalleryblog]

[pureanonofficial]

Disney Walkout

There’s been some misleading information being spread, so I want to help make it known that Disney employees in the Disney Walkout are not calling for a boycott of Disney. They are asking for people to spread the word and for solidarity. 

[Image description: a screenshot of a tweet by blondbellandona on twitter replying to bakedbananners1. 

Tweet by bakedbanneners1

Disney employees are doing walkouts this week (3/15-3/21) and asking people to boycott Disney products and services while it’s happening from now until 3/22 

Reply by blondbellandona

this isn't 100% true - nowhere has it been asked to boycott the company and its products. if that's how you want to show support, cool, but what we asked for was solidarity when we do our walkouts, as well as to share the statement and links to our plan from the sources.]

Instead of just boycotting Disney, you can support Disney employees more by spreading their website (whereischapek.com) and by signing their petition.

TLDR: Disney employees aren’t calling for a boycott: they’re calling for solidarity and for people to spread the word.

[deadshotak47]

This seems right a great episode (haven't watched yet) but honestly no figures that Disney took it down 🤮 #Disneyneedstostopbeinghomophobicatthisppint #Disneydobetter #defgonnahavetowhatchtheepisodewhenigetouttawork #moongirlanddevildinasourissuchagoodrespectableshow #iwouldentimagineashowlikethistobebanned

Just watched the banned Moon Girl episode.

>the episode addresses the topic of trans kids in sports >the entire episode is about how bigots will always move the goalpost, and playing by their rules is pointless >the solution is not to play their game and break the rules >it also states that trans people should never feel like a burden >the character Brooklyn is explicitly stated to be trans >there is also an explicitly nonbinary character >multiple mentions of pride and depictions of pride flags, trans flags and progress flags

I'm not at all surprised this didn't get past the censors but I'm so mad that it didn't, because this could've been something really special, and the fact it was canned after being fully finished is downright painful. This episode was wonderful and I'm grateful to all the people who worked on it, and angry that their hard work was wasted. Disney did not deserve you.

Here's a link, as long as Disney doesn't take it down

[gayshipsandanxiety]

i unironically think it would be great if the owl house 2b premiere flops. the #disneydobetter protest is still gonna be going on when the new episode comes out and dana terrace said she’s fucking tired of making disney look good. pirate it if you really wanna watch or you wanna avoid spoilers (i know i’m going to) but don’t watch it in any way that makes disney money and don’t post about it on twitter/instagram/any profitable social media. they already cancelled the show after season 3, what are they gonna do, cancel us more? the owl house is one of disney’s most, and let’s be honest probably one of disney’s only, shows with queer representation, and disney needs to see that having one good queer show doesn’t excuse all the shit they keep doing.

[fandomshatelgbtqpeople]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pixar-employees-disney-statement-lgbtq-community-hollow-1235108281/

Queer Pixar employees have said Disney has trimmed any efforts they have put to make explicitly gay content, trimmed it down to crumbs or made it nonexistent. I wonder if the same could be said for people who worked on Frozen and Encanto. I wonder if some employees have tried to turn Elsa’s subtext into text and were turned down

Here is an update from Variety that gives a little more information about the situation. I encourage our followers to read it all the way through.

The major takeaways are:

The films that had queer content cut were Inside Out, Soul, and Luca

For Inside Out and Soul, we're talking about things like rainbow stickers in shop windows and same-gender couples in the background of shots being removed. It's stuff that would have given San Francisco and New York more realistic depth, and cutting it was homophobic for sure, but it doesn't sound like we're talking about anything really significant.

For Luca, there was apparently some talk of making Giulia queer but it was scrapped because the creative team couldn't figure out how to do it without giving her a love interest, so that's more about a lack of creativity amongst the writers than censorship.

With respect to Inside Out and Soul, the cuts were apparently made by Pixar leadership because they didn't think it would get past Disney review.

A same-gender kiss that was previously cut has been restored to Lightyear. The article doesn't specify whether the kiss was cut by Pixar leadership or Disney execs, which probably means the story’s source(s) didn’t know.

So the question of whether it's also happening at Disney Animation is kind of impossible to answer because we don't actually know any of the censorship happened at the Disney level. And if none of it did, we can't know for sure whether it would have (we can all have our suspicions of course, but it's important to be clear about what's a fact and what's speculation).

With respect to Frozen specifically, the movie was written by Jennifer Lee, who is the head of Disney Animation Studios, so my sense is that she probably had a good idea of what would be allowed when she wrote it (meaning she probably didn't write anything she knew would be cut). She's also on record saying they decided early on in Frozen 2's development that Elsa wasn't ready for a romantic relationship. I doubt we'll ever know for sure what, if any, conversations took place around Elsa's sexuality, because she doesn't seem particularly inclined to spill the beans. Personally, I think if censorship was happening at Disney Animation, Raya and Encanto are more likely candidates.

[calebjasperbloodwilliams986]

[pansexualkiba]

So #disneydobetter is apparently a real hashtag? I'm more partial, personally, to #DisneyExplodeForeverAndDie

[el-ffej]

I'm in.

disney employees are starting a full week of walkouts leading to their big walkout on march 22nd, 2022. they’ve asked people to not use disney products during this week. (no disney+, hulu, espn, playing games, watching videos, reviewing/blogging about any of their IP, no going to the parks). this is a targeted and timed action you can concretely participate in.

they’re asking people to also support by using those hashtags and to sign their petition in solidarity.

[magiccallie]

Fucked up on how the last biggest walk out strike day with disney im getting recommended so much turning red shiz

[sammipandha]

#DisneyDoBetter #FloridaSayGay (at Orlando, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbazwGIpqbnnT_Ov-Znb4bA8IC__wXNJgQT5m00/?utm_medium=tumblr

[unwhitewashthebadbatch]

The Walt Disney Company’s (TWDC) LGBTQIA+ community and their allies are determined to take a stand against TWDC’s apathy in the face of the bigoted “Don’t Say Gay” bill put forth by the FL state legislature. The recent statements and lack of action by TWDC leadership regarding the “Don’t Say Gay” bill have utterly failed to match the magnitude of the threat to LGBTQIA+ safety represented by this legislation. As a community, we have been forced into an impossible and unsustainable position. We must now take action to convince TWDC to protect employees and their families in the face of such open and unapologetic bigotry. Starting the week of March 14th we will begin a series of collective actions together in order to make our voices and demands heard!

[Read & sign the open letter]

#DisneyDoBetter #DisneySayTrans #DisneySayGay #WhereIsChapek

[magnificent-nerd]

I stand with and support Disney employees who are walking out today to send a message that Disney have not done nearly enough for their LGBTQ+ employees and communities.

#DisneyWalkout

-

I recommend following on twitter for updates:

And website:

#Disney Do Better

#Disney Walkout

#Disney Say Gay

[pdaliceliveblogs]

Dana’s having a livestream on the 13th to benefit queer charities! I know people who follow this blog probably already know about it but it still seems good to share!