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Writer's pictureJarlath Busby

Drawing The Line



Harmless cartoons or perpetuating damaging stereotypes?


Drawing The Line

 

The modern world has me confused

We’re so all PC and woke

I’m all for social justice but

Common sense now seems a joke

 

Snow White’s a victim say Me Too

The prince has stolen a kiss

What is next for cartoon icons

Has it really come to this?

 

Mickey wants to be called Minnie

Mind your pronouns when talking

Tom’s cohabiting with Jerry

Roadrunner alleges stalking

 

Daffy has joined Black Lives Matter

Topcat claims police abuse

Cinders is a modern day slave

Pinocchio tweets false news

 

Sleeping Beauty’s had rohipnol

Prince Charming is in the frame

Popeye’s dealing anabolics

Betty Boop’s now on the game

 

Bugs Bunny is wearing braces

Sates his body obsession

Droopy’s seeing a therapist

Who talks through his depression

 

Princes can be predators, prone

To jiggery-pokery

 Plain abuse of a sleeping girl

Or excessive wokery?

 

Should Prince Charming now be cancelled?

A dinosaur of his time

Needing consent is common sense

Help! Where do you draw the line?

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I’m just expressing my confusion. My first reaction was come on it’s just a cartoon but the more I thought about it, the more uneasy I felt with perpetuating the idea to girls that they need to be rescued by a handsome prince.

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Excellent work!! The world needs more common sense.

I’m currently working on the new woke versions of nursery rhymes myself.

I shall send them to you when I’m finished

Keep up the good work 👍

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