Today, Variety announced Amazon was beginning an upcoming production of She-ra. This would consist of a live action cast, and stray completely from the original plot line of Noelle Stevenson’s She-ra and the Princesses of Power. 

The issue behind this remake is that the LGBT+ community fought for years to be heard and seen in children’s animation, only for all the hard work and perseverance conducted by Stevenson and fellow LGBT+ fans of the program to be stripped away by a live-action that not only provides no closure to the 2018 story, but continues to place the male gaze on heroic women by creating them as objects for male pleasure. This is not okay. 

Although we are unsure what this live action will entail, it is apparent that Dreamworks does not have the best interests of the 2018 fanbase in mind, as #SheraMovie has trended multiple times asking for a continuation. 

Dreamworks, Mattel, Netflix and Amazon, if you care about LGBT+ representation, you will cancel this live action in favour of an animated continuation of She-ra and the Princesses of Power.