Disney’s animated theatrical feature films may be the most important battleground for gender/sexual equal representation in media.
If you spend time on social media like Facebook or Twitter, it’s very possible that in the past few weeks or so you’ve seen a trending topic about the Disney film Frozen. Despite the movie being two and a half years old, kids still watch the mess out of it and Disney is still making bank with it, with the princesses Elsa and Anna appearing in Once Upon a Time almost immediately, the short film Frozen Feverbeing released, a stage musical being worked on, and a sequel film in the works. With regards to that sequel film, people starting trending the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend.