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Keep an eye on this space for the arrival of our second issue, new editorial announcements, and further updates on Assistant Editor Goofy's condition.

Dr. Lisa Beth Fiore comes to us from Lesley University in Boston! Lisa's work emphasizes intersections of education, feminism, and intersectional identities, and hopes to work on larger projects aimed as decolonizing Disney through examining legal and geographical frameworks.

First, we have Dr. Laura Miranda of the Universidad de Oviedo in Spain! Laura brings a depth of knowledge on film and music - see her Erasmus+ project on opera in pandemic-era classrooms - with a special interest in The Three Caballeros and Disney's involvement in the Good Neighbor policy.

...unpacking the limits of perspective through an intersectional framework, landing at the problem: "that Inside Out is only one representation of an adolescent experience– an experience that is assumed, at varying degrees, to be universal."

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...with "The Lasting Impacts of The Walt Disney Company Within and Beyond the Classroom: A Case Study," examining workshops held with high school students - "by the end, students understood that Disney both implicitly and explicitly shapes our experiences."

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...Matthew Elfenbein explores Pete Kunze's "Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance" (www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/staging-a-co...), "a brilliant book with insightful information that will benefit scholarly and public discourse."

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...toys speak to the formation of friendships, both for the young audiences and for how Disney enjoins the conversation? May you find an astronaut to raise us up or a cowboy to bring us down to Earth, but in the meantime, READ THIS ARTICLE.

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...that is: what fealty does Disney owe to the reality of its subject, and how does the desire to entertain outweigh its label as a documentary? All of that, plus how the film shifted Tuscon's economy, in one great little adventure!

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...different periods, ranging from 1950s Florida to 1930s American Craftsmen to 1920s Addison Mizner, as well as 17th century Spanish colonialism. A great read on how Disney retains and rewrites Florida history within its own!

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