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The Hypocrisy of Hating the new Merida

May 23 Posted by nancyjrab 11 Comments

In world where more than 80% of ten year old girls admit to having been on a diet, it behooves us to pay attention to the messages we send little girls about their bodies.  So it is not without much thought and consideration that I say that I find the hysteria over Disney's new iteration of their Continue Reading

I (finally) Drank The Disney Kool-Aid

May 22 Posted by nancyjrab 7 Comments

Me with the cast of Monsters University!

I have never been a crazy Disney enthusiast.  I like Disney.  When I was 9, I went to Disney World for the first time and had a blast.  But then I didn't go again until I my own kids were school aged, some thirty years later.  Don't get me wrong - I love the classic movies.  I've seen Dumbo, and Continue Reading

Disney’s New FantasyLand Opens Tomorrow – But I’ve got Pics Today!

Dec 5 Posted by nancyjrab 3 Comments

Last month, I was lucky enough to get to go to Walt Disney World as a guest of the park, to get a sneak preview of the New Fantasyland -- the largest expansion of the park in 40 years.  I've already shown you what Enchanted Tales with Belle was like.  Now, here's a look at more of the fabulous new Continue Reading

New Fantasyland: A Sneak Peek at Belle’s Village

Oct 26 Posted by nancyjrab 2 Comments

The New Fantasyland, part of  the largest expansion in Disney’s 40 year history, and the most popular land in the most popular park in the most popular theme park in the world is – in a word – spectacular. It doesn’t open until December 6th, but I got a sneak preview of Disney’s latest piece of Continue Reading

Why Disney on Broadway…isn’t

Mar 1 Posted by nancyjrab 4 Comments

The new commercials say it all: 55 million people have seen Disney's The Lion King on Broadway. And as of Saturday night, my daughter is one of them. (I had already seen it.  This was my second torture time.) Want to know what my 10 year old daughter thought? "It's beautiful!  I love the puppets Continue Reading

Why The DisneySMMoms Fiasco Was Our Fault Too.

Dec 6 Posted by nancyjrab 23 Comments

If you’re a Mom blogger who is even a teeny bit active on Twitter, it was hard to miss the feeding frenzy last week over the registration for the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, to be held in Disney World this March. And if you paid any attention to it at all, you’d see that it made lots and Continue Reading

Cheetah Shmeetah

Aug 22 Posted by nancyjrab 1 Comment

As I write this, my eight year old daughter sits and watches the premiere of the new Disney propaganda marketing machine....I mean movie, The Cheetah Girls, One World. Yes, one Disney-fied world. One world filled with teenaged girls who wear only stillettos, and tons of make-up, and gyrate on the Continue Reading

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