🌈Queer Cartoons - She-Ra and the Princess of Power⚔
Every Tuesday this month I'll be posting about a queer cartoon that I love and you should check out! This week we have...
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is 2018 Netflix animated series and reboot of 1985s She-Ra: Princess of Power, itself a spinoff of He-Man targeted at a young female audience. The show follows the characters of Adora and Catra who grew up fighting for an evil army called the Horde, and how they both change when Adora defects and joins the princess rebellion. It ran for 5 seasons, 52 episodes in total.
Early on in the show there were a lot of queer undertones, but the executives where hesitant to have a children's show with openly LGBT characters. After the positive reception to the first season, and fans catching on to the hinted LGBTQIA+ representation, the show was allowed to fully come out. No one in the show is confirmed to be heterosexual, but it does have a diverse cast of canonically lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, and polyamorous characters. The character design of the show makes sure not to sexualise anyone, and comes across as very body positive. It’s great to have a show aimed at younger audiences that isn’t afraid to explore sexuality as one of its main themes, and never talks down to its audience about what it means to be true to yourself.
Early on in the show there were a lot of queer undertones, but the executives where hesitant to have a children's show with openly LGBT characters. After the positive reception to the first season, and fans catching on to the hinted LGBTQIA+ representation, the show was allowed to fully come out. No one in the show is confirmed to be heterosexual, but it does have a diverse cast of canonically lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, and polyamorous characters. The character design of the show makes sure not to sexualise anyone, and comes across as very body positive. It’s great to have a show aimed at younger audiences that isn’t afraid to explore sexuality as one of its main themes, and never talks down to its audience about what it means to be true to yourself.
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