Summary

The next essay, titled "Magic Kingdoms," explores Crucet’s complex relationship with Disney World. She reflects on how she enjoyed her time there as a child, as a carefree young girl. Then, 15 years ago, she went as a college senior and that time, recognized how the theme park indoctrinated its visitors, and she points out all the examples of racism and heteronormativity to her parents the whole time. She then describes her recent trip to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2017 to go on the Great Movie Ride once more before it was closed permanently.

She particularly describes the racism and sexism seeped in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. She also notes how she visited the Disney parks so often growing up in Florida that it shaped her framework of the natural world; she automatically compares a waterfall to...