Neurodivergent Gumbo #3

Perform or Disappear: The Hidden Rules for Boys in Princess Stories

Aug 24, 2025

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Previously in Neurodivergent Gumbo…
We cracked open the pot with a look at Princess Tiana—how Disney bakes in expectations of labor, respectability, and invisibility for Black girls.
In Part 2, we stirred deeper into the split girlhoods of Charlotte and Tiana, coded romance, and desirability politics.
Now in Part 3, we shift our focus to the boys—and ho…

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