Cissy Jones And Sarah-Nicole Robles On The Owl House, Fandoms, And Florida's Don’t Say Gay Bill
“The stuff happening in this country is just disgraceful, I don’t even know how else to say it,” Cissy Jones tells me about Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay Bill’ and the wider landscape of LGBTQ+ rights in the United States right now. “But the fact is that Disney is a massive corporation and the people who work in animation are not the people in charge of the company.”
Disney has been the subject of multiple controversies in recent weeks surroundings its support of Republican politicians and damaging anti-queer legislation. Its stance was obvious, and no donations or backpedaling would reverse its initial position that has proven actively damaging to the queer communities it claims to support.
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Employees were quick to speak out, whether it be The Owl House creator Dana Terrace raising thousands for the Zebra Coalition or Pixar releasing a damning statement surrounding its own stories being robbed of representation in the past. Disney was quick to turn tail and reverse its position, hoping to change the rhetoric and present itself as the good guy. It’s a complicated situation, and not one to be taken lightly.
It can be easy to paint the entirety of Disney as problematic when discourse like this arises, but the reality is that thousands of passionate creators within the company are trying to enact change. To push inclusive stories and usher in a new generation of talent who aren’t afraid to bring their authentic selves to the things they create. I recently sat down with Cissy Jones and Sarah-Nicole Robles to talk about this.
“It’s disheartening, maddening, saddening, and so awful to see where their money is going,” Jones says
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