Recaps, Analysis & Rants about Kids Movies
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“Drowned him in my own blood!” – the toxic tough guy persona every gross uncle can get behind.
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A childhood hero remade with a mixed back of fatphobia, boisterous violence, dismantling our ‘innate’ natures & a …
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Wish they hadn’t used fatness as a visual metaphor for growing weak and complacent.
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A magical fantasy land where ‘No.’ means ‘Sure – keep harassing me.’
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A kids movie where rats reproduce through mitosis probably
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I’ve never seen Frozen 2. Is it good? Bad? Let’s find out!
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Our first Family Movie Night recap with ‘Onward’
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I’m Autistic, multiracial (Chinese/Irish) 2nd-generation settler raising two children alongside my partner on the homelands of the Wampanoag and Massachusett people. I support families and educators in raising the next generation of kind & courageous leaders, so we can all smash the kyriarchy together.
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