Disrespecting

Starting a family and having kids is universally celebrated. However, the occasion often overshadows the non-zero chance of there being complications that might just turn a joyous event into a flat out sad one. And it might not stop there.A woman recently turned to Reddit to find out if she’d be wrong to name her soon-to-be-born daughter the same name that her friend chose for her kid who ended up being stillborn. Something she did not know until almost everything was said and done.Trauma in a family might not stay…

Images via Sony Pictures Animation/Walt Disney Animation Studios “Animation is not a genre for kids. It’s a medium for art, it’s a medium for film, and I think animation should stay in the conversation.”Guillermo Del Toro In the space of a week, I got to sit in a theater room to watch The Little Mermaid and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on the day they premiered, and this sequence of events could not have been more opportune. While I did find The Little Mermaid to be a worthwhile adaptation of the 1989…