How Queer is The Little Mermaid? || The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale about a mermaid princess, is a story about queer yearning that heteronormativity allowed Walt Disney Studios to market to girls. But with The Little Mermaid 1989 bringing on board Howard Ashman for its music, the Little Mermaid gay audience forming as a result solidified the Disney queer millennial fanbase that would spawn from the Disney Renaissance. So here’s how the queer yearning of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid worked hand-in-hand with the heteronormativity of Walt Disney Studios

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00:00 Introduction
03:47 The Little Mermaid Was Always Gay
11:20 Then Along Came Howard
20:21 Just As Relatable
31:17 Conclusion

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