What started as a graduate school capstone project has now expanded into a blog and professional development workshop series for Washington state community colleges. Join me, Kaytie (a Disney scholar, mother, and community college academic adviser) as I talk about Disney princesses, representation in media, my relatability to and love for Disney villains, and more.
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What started as a graduate school capstone project has now expanded into a blog and professional development workshop series for Washington state community colleges. Join me, Kaytie (a Disney scholar, mother, and community college academic adviser) as I talk about Disney princesses, representation in media, my relatability to and love for Disney villains, and more.
Welcome back!
I’m joined by guest Lauren, a fellow adoptee, to discuss adoption narratives and parent separation narratives in mainstream film/TV.
*This episode was recorded in 2021. There is a moment when events are mentioned, we are talking about events from Feb-Mar 2021, not 2022*
Follow Lauren and get her book, Inconvenient Daughter:
Website: https://theljsharks.com/
Instagram: @theljsharks
You can find the podcast online:
Website: www.wonderfulworldofdisneyvillains.com
Instagram: @wwofdisvillains
Timestamps:
01:14 - Movie Onward (having the agency to choose to meet vs not meet your biological parent)
05:14 - Adoption narratives in mainstream movies (i.e. the movie Elf, MCU character Loki, etc.)
07:45 - TV show Once Upon a Time (open adoption and co-parenting)
10:30 - Harry Potter (guardianship, adoption paperwork, etc.)
14:22 - Movie Instant Family (foster family narratives and instant family/forever family mindset)
19:55 - Musicals (Annie, Les Miserables, etc.)
21:50 - Secrets in adoption (secret affair/adoption narrative for drama in media)
26:12 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
30:46 - Transracial adoption vs domestic adoption in TV shows (i.e. Modern Family, This is Us, Glee, the Flash, etc.)
40:26 - Trans-species adoption in Disney
42:40 - Using adoption/parent separation to move the plot forward instead of as the plot itself
46:57 - Ending
If you want to learn more about Lauren’s adoption story and my own adoption story listen to the Janchi Show podcast!
Lauren’s guest appearance on Episode 23
My guest appearance on Episode 28
The Wonderful World of Disney Villains
What started as a graduate school capstone project has now expanded into a blog and professional development workshop series for Washington state community colleges. Join me, Kaytie (a Disney scholar, mother, and community college academic adviser) as I talk about Disney princesses, representation in media, my relatability to and love for Disney villains, and more.
