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Jan 2021
56m 43s

DISNEYFICATION

CHELSEY WEBER-SMITH
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Disney has been presenting a fairytale reality within a reality since the 1920s, a far cuter reality that mimics our reality until reality is no longer reality at all. Make sense? For this episode, we will look at the possible underlying biological reasons for the success of the Disney corporation and the history of this ever-softening societal construction ... Show More
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