Deconstructing Disney
@decondisney.bsky.social
Two life-long Disney fans take on the Disney animated film catalog (and all its -isms) and discuss with a critical lens. Episodes release the first Tuesday of every month...usually.
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Hello Bluesky! 👋 This seems like a much better place to talk about deconstructing racism, homophobia, fatphobia, etc. in Disney animated movies than *that other place*. Plus sharing film history, concept art, and our hot takes! We hope you'll join us, here and/or on your favorite podcast app!
Our latest ep is on Pixar's Up which Stephanie Zacharek of Salon aptly called "unapologetically life-affirming, for those who like to have life affirmed." How dare this film use the "dead wife" trope to pull our heartstrings to the point of snapping!
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/up
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/up
Up | Deconstructing Disney
Erin and Rachel wallow through an elderly man’s grief journey with Pixar’s critically acclaimed Up (2009). They argue the beautiful art and cute sidekicks aren’t enough to redeem this (admittedly belo...
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September 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Our latest ep is on Pixar's Up which Stephanie Zacharek of Salon aptly called "unapologetically life-affirming, for those who like to have life affirmed." How dare this film use the "dead wife" trope to pull our heartstrings to the point of snapping!
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/up
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/up
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First trailer for Pixar’s next film #Hoppers 🦫
Follows a girl who transfers her mind into a robot beaver to help the animals fight construction plans from the local mayor
In theaters May 6, 2026
Follows a girl who transfers her mind into a robot beaver to help the animals fight construction plans from the local mayor
In theaters May 6, 2026
July 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
First trailer for Pixar’s next film #Hoppers 🦫
Follows a girl who transfers her mind into a robot beaver to help the animals fight construction plans from the local mayor
In theaters May 6, 2026
Follows a girl who transfers her mind into a robot beaver to help the animals fight construction plans from the local mayor
In theaters May 6, 2026
Our 48th episode, Lilo and Stitch, cracked our top 10 most downloaded episodes! That's the first change to the top ten since we released ep35 Pocahontas! Are you guys deconstructing the animated v. the live action movie? Let us know!
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deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/lil...
Lilo & Stitch | Deconstructing Disney
Much like family dynamics and intergalactic diplomacy, Lilo & Stitch (2002) is a complicated movie. Erin and Rachel surf through the topics of Hawaiian culture and representation, colonialism, and Elv...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Our 48th episode, Lilo and Stitch, cracked our top 10 most downloaded episodes! That's the first change to the top ten since we released ep35 Pocahontas! Are you guys deconstructing the animated v. the live action movie? Let us know!
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/lil...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/lil...
It's your favorite neighborhood super dog! Or maybe you've never heard of him and don't even remember this movie existed... That's ok too! Time to discuss the simple, well-animated, mostly harmless end to Disney's 2000s slump - Bolt! ⚡
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/bolt
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/bolt
Bolt | Deconstructing Disney
Erin and Rachel discuss Bolt (2008), a lesser known film about a dog who thinks he’s a super hero. Under new leadership, Disney Animation Studios starts to come out of their slump with this film that ...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's your favorite neighborhood super dog! Or maybe you've never heard of him and don't even remember this movie existed... That's ok too! Time to discuss the simple, well-animated, mostly harmless end to Disney's 2000s slump - Bolt! ⚡
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/bolt
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/bolt
Put on your Sunday clothes and let's chat WALL-E! Did you know that Andrew Stanton, director of WALL-E, didn't MEAN to give it anti-capitalist and environmentalist messages??? Like, what? Too bad it's also "unintentionally" super fatphobic...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/wal...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/wal...
WALL-E | Deconstructing Disney
Erin and Rachel travel 700 years into the future to discuss WALL-E (2008), Pixar’s robot romance with an unintentionally anti-capitalist message. Fatphobia and misogyny make this dystopian tale unwatc...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Put on your Sunday clothes and let's chat WALL-E! Did you know that Andrew Stanton, director of WALL-E, didn't MEAN to give it anti-capitalist and environmentalist messages??? Like, what? Too bad it's also "unintentionally" super fatphobic...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/wal...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/wal...
Time for Brad Bird's second Pixar film, Ratatouille! We chat about its gorgeous design, unfortunate food politics, and weird moralizing around theft. Plus, Erin introduces Rachel to Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical! 🎶We praise you, oh Ratatouille!🎶
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deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/rat...
Ratatouille | Deconstructing Disney
Erin and Rachel discuss Ratatouille (2007), a Pixar film about a French rat who wants to be a chef. Their discussion includes a fine stew of food politics, meritocracy, and sexism with a garnish of fa...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Time for Brad Bird's second Pixar film, Ratatouille! We chat about its gorgeous design, unfortunate food politics, and weird moralizing around theft. Plus, Erin introduces Rachel to Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical! 🎶We praise you, oh Ratatouille!🎶
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/rat...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/rat...
The future has arrived today with a film mostly ignored by the Disney empire but beloved by its fans, Meet the Robinsons! It's a frenetic, heartfelt, fatphobic flop.
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#Disney #MeetTheRobinsons #disneymovie #movie #film #animation #podcast
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/mee...
#Disney #MeetTheRobinsons #disneymovie #movie #film #animation #podcast
Meet the Robinsons | Deconstructing Disney
Erin and Rachel travel to a frenetic future to discuss Meet the Robinsons (2007), a fever dream of a film that performed poorly at the box office despite intervention from John Lasseter, newly seated ...
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The future has arrived today with a film mostly ignored by the Disney empire but beloved by its fans, Meet the Robinsons! It's a frenetic, heartfelt, fatphobic flop.
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/mee...
#Disney #MeetTheRobinsons #disneymovie #movie #film #animation #podcast
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/mee...
#Disney #MeetTheRobinsons #disneymovie #movie #film #animation #podcast
Hey, F this
Disney+ to Change Content Warnings Ahead of ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Peter Pan’ and More Old Movies Amid DEI Strategy Shift
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Disney+ to Change Content Warnings Ahead of ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Peter Pan’ and More Old Movies Amid DEI Strategy Shift
Disney is adjusting the content warnings ahead of some of its old movies including "Peter Pan" and "Dumbo" amid an overall shift in DEI strategy
variety.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hey, F this
Erin here! As someone who spent 5 months in New Zealand at one point, I was so excited to see we had our first download from Aotearoa yesterday! Kia ora!
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Erin here! As someone who spent 5 months in New Zealand at one point, I was so excited to see we had our first download from Aotearoa yesterday! Kia ora!
Happy belated new year bluesky! Our first episode of 2025 is Cars! We discuss classism, masculinity, petroculture, and how even female CARS need EYELASHES!!!! Come zoom down route 66 with us - KACHOW ⚡🏎️💨
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/cars
#disney #pixar #podcast #cars #carsmovie
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/cars
#disney #pixar #podcast #cars #carsmovie
Cars | Deconstructing Disney
In this episode about Cars (2006), Erin and Rachel take a road trip to Radiator Springs, discussing Pixar history, environmentalism, and masculinity and masculinity along the way. Ka-chow!
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Happy belated new year bluesky! Our first episode of 2025 is Cars! We discuss classism, masculinity, petroculture, and how even female CARS need EYELASHES!!!! Come zoom down route 66 with us - KACHOW ⚡🏎️💨
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/cars
#disney #pixar #podcast #cars #carsmovie
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/cars
#disney #pixar #podcast #cars #carsmovie
Name the Disney animated movie without looking! Part 3 of 3 - we have a champion! 👑
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
January 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Name the Disney animated movie without looking! Part 3 of 3 - we have a champion! 👑
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
Name the Disney animated movie without looking! Part 2 of 3
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
January 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Name the Disney animated movie without looking! Part 2 of 3
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
We played the “Name the _ without looking” game over the holidays with the beginnings of Disney animated movies 🙈
Part 1 of 3 - who will win?!
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
Part 1 of 3 - who will win?!
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
January 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We played the “Name the _ without looking” game over the holidays with the beginnings of Disney animated movies 🙈
Part 1 of 3 - who will win?!
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
Part 1 of 3 - who will win?!
#disney #disneymovies #animation #movies #namethatmovie #podcast
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Concept paintings by Eyvind Earle for Sleeping Beauty (1959), dir. Clyde Geronimi, Walt Disney Productions
January 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Concept paintings by Eyvind Earle for Sleeping Beauty (1959), dir. Clyde Geronimi, Walt Disney Productions
Happy birthday The Little Mermaid! Still a top five film for both of us! Makes me miss Howard Ashman💕
Thirty five years ago today, The Little Mermaid was released. The film that kicked off the Disney Renaissance, this lovely musical from Disney Animation is so sweet and fun with its dazzling story, beautiful animation, memorable songs, and iconic characters.
a pixel art of a mermaid swimming in the ocean surrounded by bubbles .
ALT: a pixel art of a mermaid swimming in the ocean surrounded by bubbles .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Happy birthday The Little Mermaid! Still a top five film for both of us! Makes me miss Howard Ashman💕
Cautiously excited for this sequel! Hope it's not just a retread of the first movie's overall arc...
Also anybody else think Pua was GIANT for a second because of the perspective? 😅
#Disney #animation #Moana2
Also anybody else think Pua was GIANT for a second because of the perspective? 😅
#Disney #animation #Moana2
Good Morning America debuts an exclusive clip of the song "Beyond" from Disney's #Moana2🌀, performed by Auli'i Cravalho:
November 14, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Cautiously excited for this sequel! Hope it's not just a retread of the first movie's overall arc...
Also anybody else think Pua was GIANT for a second because of the perspective? 😅
#Disney #animation #Moana2
Also anybody else think Pua was GIANT for a second because of the perspective? 😅
#Disney #animation #Moana2
Erin here! We've covered 50 Disney animated movies so far and my boy Simba is still rising to the top 🦁 I love The Lion King! Rachel would answer differently... but she's not here right now so oh well! 😜
#Disney #disSky #podcast #animation #TheLionKing
#Disney #disSky #podcast #animation #TheLionKing
November 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Erin here! We've covered 50 Disney animated movies so far and my boy Simba is still rising to the top 🦁 I love The Lion King! Rachel would answer differently... but she's not here right now so oh well! 😜
#Disney #disSky #podcast #animation #TheLionKing
#Disney #disSky #podcast #animation #TheLionKing
Hooray for our 50th full episode, Chicken Little! 🐤 What a way to kick off our time at Bluesky!
This is a story about baseball and single dads who don't do feelings... until it's about aliens 👽. But it's also, thank goodness, about friendship.
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/chi...
This is a story about baseball and single dads who don't do feelings... until it's about aliens 👽. But it's also, thank goodness, about friendship.
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/chi...
November 13, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Hooray for our 50th full episode, Chicken Little! 🐤 What a way to kick off our time at Bluesky!
This is a story about baseball and single dads who don't do feelings... until it's about aliens 👽. But it's also, thank goodness, about friendship.
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/chi...
This is a story about baseball and single dads who don't do feelings... until it's about aliens 👽. But it's also, thank goodness, about friendship.
deconstructing-disney.simplecast.com/episodes/chi...
Hello Bluesky! 👋 This seems like a much better place to talk about deconstructing racism, homophobia, fatphobia, etc. in Disney animated movies than *that other place*. Plus sharing film history, concept art, and our hot takes! We hope you'll join us, here and/or on your favorite podcast app!
November 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Hello Bluesky! 👋 This seems like a much better place to talk about deconstructing racism, homophobia, fatphobia, etc. in Disney animated movies than *that other place*. Plus sharing film history, concept art, and our hot takes! We hope you'll join us, here and/or on your favorite podcast app!