For this engagement essay, the article Mean Ladies: Transgender Villains in Disney Films by Amanda Putnam and the chapter “Someday My Prince Will Come”: Disney, the heterosexual imaginary and animated films by Carrie L. Cokely will summarize, analyze, and utilize the Queer analytical framework. I chose these two articles because I felt they fit together very well, covering very similar topics. Putnam (2013) focused on Disney villains and how these characters “gender morph,” eventually giving them transgender identities. Putnam's (2013) analysis focuses on the characters from The Lion King, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Cinderella, and a few other Disney films. Cokey (2005) focuses on Disney princes and princesses, discussing heterosexuality and its gender organization. Cokey's (2005) article focuses on the characters of Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Pocahontas. I felt that as I read the articles, Cokely (2005) would have been a wonderful introductory article to Putnam (2013). As Putnam (2013) states, “As we already know, most of the heroes and heroines of the beloved Disney film franchise are hyper-heterosexual” (p. 147), which is precisely what Cokely (2005) describes ): falling in love. , get married and live happily ever after as far as gender organization is concerned. Putnam (2013) then discusses the contrast, showing how many “villains display transgender attributes” (p. 147). I found “Someday My Prince Will Come” to be a very interesting and enlightening article, sometimes when watching Disney films at first glance it is easy to not see how heterosexual these films are. Many Disney films...... middle of paper ......a and the cause of violence against LGBTIQ people. I'm so glad that articles, such as Putnam's and Cokely's, are deconstructing Disney and lifting the vial that Disney has placed on so many of its viewers. I hope that articles like these will change Disney films, making them more accepting of gender identities and sexual identities that deviate from the spectrum. Works Cited Cokely, CI (2005). “Someday My Prince Will Come”: Disney, the heterosexual imagination and the animal film. In C. Ingraham (Ed.), Thinking straight: The power, promise, and paradox of heterosexuality (pp. 167–181). New York, NY: Routledge. Putnam, A. (2013). Mean Ladies: transgender villains in Disney films. In J. Cheu (Ed.), Diversity in Disney films: Critical essays on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and disability (pp. 147–162). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers.