The Animals Were Never Alone a Choose Your Own Adventure Essay by Maria Lepistö and the Animal Sound Society
It is 1989, and Walt Disney releases a movie in which a teenage mermaid, Ariel, sells her voice to an evil octopus, Ursula.
“My voice?” Ariel asks and holds her hands over her throat. “You got it sweet cakes,” Ursula clarifies, “no more talking, singing, zip!”
“But without my voice, how can I..?” How can she what? Sing? Speak? Scream? Nobody knows. “You’ll have your looks, your pretty face, and don’t underestimate the importance of BODY LANGUAGE, Ha!”
If you want to see Ariel, an infatuated teenage girl, make an impulsive and life-changing decision that she will later regret, go to 24
If you think The Little Mermaid is problematic because it plots women against each other and tells the tired old story of a girl leaving her whole life behind to marry a man, go to 81
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