Assignment Instructions: For this assignment, you will choose a text (print, video, audio, image, etc.) that addresses a social, political, economic, or cultural issue that interests you, and write a 5-7 page (1250-1750 words) critical analysis paper on it. Imagine you are writing this essay for a scholarly journal or critical anthology on the author’s work. The purpose of the critical analysis is not merely to inform, but also to evaluate an author’s argument and increase the reader’s understanding of it. Accordingly, you should plan to keep the summary and description to a bare minimum. Instead, focus your essay on (1) identifying and explaining the author’s argument and (2) offering your own argument about said argument. They are meant to be read aloud (and we will be doing brief oral reports to present your research findings afterward).

In my essay, I talked about Disney and Netflix’s cancellation of popular LGBTQ+ children’s shows and the impact these shows have on LGBTQ+ kids.