Gonzaga University once banned KTTH host Ben Shapiro from speaking, but they’re moving full speed ahead on an event promoting that Moana, the hit Disney animated film, is actually an “extended metaphor about rape.”

It is not.

Philosophy professor Danielle Layne will host the event, part of a “filmosophy” series, where attendees will watch the (snuff?) film, then discuss her laughable beliefs. The flier promoting the event concedes Layne’s thesis is “controversial” and will advance a “tripartite thesis wherein Western patriarchy/masculinity assaults 1) the feminine; 2) nature and the environment; and 3) indigenous cultures…”

The professor will also explain how Moana is “Neocolonoliaist, i.e. it advances a new myth that scapegoats Maui, excusing Western culture from oppressing women, degrading the environment and erasing/murdering indigenous people.”



(Ben McDonald)

Layne tries really hard to sound evolved here. Don’t fall for it. Adults become philosophy teachers because they can’t find real jobs. Students become philosophy majors because they think they are deep thinkers. They are not.

Let’s be clear: none of that actually means anything. It’s just a bunch of Progressive buzz words strung together to form a faux-academic theory to justify the professor’s unusual amount of time spent watching children’s films.

Aside from working really, really hard to seem so much smarter than you, it should be noted that Layne is a miserable, humorless person who ends up viewing everything through a social justice lens, that renders her own life miserable. And if she’s miserable, she’ll bring everyone down to her level, by trying to ruin a children’s classic.

The event, first publicized by student Ben McDonald of Campus Reform, is set for this Thursday.

“This particular Filmosophy is a bit of research as I am currently writing a pop culture piece on the film and so I am excited to see how all students, those who agree and disagree, respond to analyzing the movie,” Layne told Campus Reform.

The only students who will agree with her nonsense are the social justice warriors so thirsty for approval, they will pretend to see things the way Layne does. There is no validity to her research and we shouldn’t legitimize her delusion. Frankly, it should be mocked.

And while she’s spewing this nonsense about Moana, Shapiro is deemed too controversial to speak on campus. Maybe if he looked at “The Little Mermaid” through a feminist lens, in a post #MeToo era, he’d be permitted on campus.

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