Disney Gave Pocahontas a Love Song Because the Truth Was Bad for Branding

The real Pocahontas was a child, later kidnapped, converted, renamed, displayed in England, and dead around twenty-one. Disney sold children a romance. RaeRae brought the history back.

Disney, What Exactly Is Wrong With a Gentle Woman?

Modern fairy-tale remakes keep treating gentleness, romance, and care as weaknesses that must be replaced by combat or leadership. RaeRae asks why female strength has become another narrow costume.