Inspired by the videos of Black girls reacting to the “Little Mermaid” teaser, she decided to make her own. Her daughters Rylie, 2, and McKenzie, 4, smiled as they watched the first few ...

Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough — look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid ... I hope to show how these stories are part of a larger current with a much longer historical tail.

The Little Mermaid, 2023 (Disney)“Last thing, and then I’ll put this to rest,” I said, “You know Morgan Freeman is still alive, and James Earl Jones is putting in work, and my favorite ...

Google images for mermaids and notice what you see. Thin, long bodies. Most of them white. Long, wavy hair. Not many afros spotted. Few crowns of locs are seen. Even with “The Little Mermaid ...

Bailey is right about her “The Little Mermaid” being bigger than a story about a romantic pursuit. It's bigger than its origin tale. In fact, it’s even bigger than just another Disney remake ...

THE MERMAID OF BLACK CONCH, by Monique Roffey. ... The mermaid casts off her tail, regains her legs, falls in love, battles an ancient curse. But it is a ghost story too, ...

Why the latest "Little Mermaid," played by Halle Bailey, is just one in a long line of Black mermaids. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

To bring Disney’s iconic mermaid princess Ariel to life in “The Little Mermaid,” costume designer Colleen Atwood constructed a life-sized tail that went from star Halle Bailey’s chest all ...

Heidi Klum, 49, Dances Around Her House In Bikini Top & Mermaid Tail After Wild Halloween Party Look. The 'America's Got Talent' judge shared an old video of her hopping around in a simple costume ...

In a 2019 op-ed for The New York Times, writer Tracey Baptiste – whose children’s novel “Rise of the Jumbies” features a Black mermaid as the protagonist – points out how “Eurocentric ...

'Mermaid' Keara Clayton takes a photo with Lilah Jones 13, left, and Royalty Pierre 3, during the ‘Black on the Sea’ Little Mermaid screening party at the AMC Sundial Theater in St. Petersburg ...