Case study: The vilification and fearmongering of transfemininity in children's cartoons from the little mermaid character ursula Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 3 min 10 sec
✓ Published: 07-Apr-2017

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The ways in which transphobia and transmisogyny (the violence towards and degradation of specifically transfeminine people) have asserted themselves so solidly and, at times, so invisibly in our culture is terrifying. This phenomenon is not by any means new, but its sanctity changes form to create new, often times more insidious modes of perpetuation. In this case study, I show examples of trans-femininity as being equated with evil and untrustworthiness in cartoons aimed at young people ranging