Tag Archives: Disney

I sense a disturbance. Everything that’s missing from The Last Jedi (some SPOILERS so see it first!!)

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Samira Ahmed

The scroll screen could have been written for Ep VII. As if nothing has happened. First rule of sequels: Take the story on. What’s the new line? Please hire me to write proper copy in future. Leia is unconscious for … Continue reading →

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How to win the coming culture war in 2017

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Samira Ahmed

A version of this article first appeared in The Big Issue magazine in January 2017. Journalism worth paying for. Available weekly from street vendors or subscriptions here. History rarely falls into neat numerical decades. I would assert the 1980s (yuppies, … Continue reading →

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Sixty years on: Has Cinderella on film got trapped in The Valley of the Dolls?

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Samira Ahmed

I rather enjoyed the new live action Disney Cinderella. We’re reviewing it on Front Row on Monday Mar 23rd. But the issues raised here still stand. Imagine Cinderella as a anti social tomboy with cropped black hair who acts well, just … Continue reading →

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Frozen? That’s not feminism

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Samira Ahmed

My daughter finally got me to watch Frozen recently. I think she’s sorry she did. Though I sense 13 year old girls are watching it with a sense of irony and a  kind of knowing detachment in the way my … Continue reading →

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Mr Lincoln’s Wild Ride

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Samira Ahmed

I spent a night in the pub playing skittles recently with The Lawmen of Bristol for a radio documentary. They are Wild West enthusiasts, who transport around their home-made saloon town and re-enact historical gunfights for charity. Each has a … Continue reading →

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