By Hannah Jane
Dragons deserve diversity too Learning, listening, and breaking our western assumptions of queerness
Recently I came across an author named Xiran Jay Zhao, a Chinese-Canadian woman who talks about Chinese culture and representation in media. When I saw that she had released ‘How Disney Commodifies Culture Southeast Asians Roast Raya and the Last Dragon (part 1)’ I was intrigued. If you haven’t seen it, Raya and the Last Dragon is a Disney film that stated that it was the first Southeast Asian (SEA) princess and that the movie was going for authenticity. 6
Red thread Magazine – Autumn 2022
