#renewdocmcstuffins

I CANT BELIEVE THEYRE GOING TO FUCKING CANCEL DOC MCSTUFFINS!!!! Please tweet at Disney to beg them to renew the show for a fifth season, we need more black girls on tv, don't let them take away Doc McStuffins!!

I was about to hop on the #renewdocmcstuffins bandwagon but I felt I needed to do some research into this first. It would seem that while Doc McStuffins, as we know it is ending, a new Doc McStuffins show is about to air. So everyone, stop freaking out! We're safe! However I still wanted to share some thoughts on why the thought of this show ending upset me so much. Doc is a great role model for little girls and especially little girls of color (and sadly there aren't very many in children's media), but I don't think people realize that she's a great role model for little boys too. Doc shows all kids that girls are smart, capable, compassionate, motivated, and do not need to obsess over hair, makeup, and clothes to be awesome. She shows her audience that their possibilities are only limited by their imagination. I love when my boys watch shows with strong female leads because there are so many images out there that belittle and demean women--in particular women of colour and ESPECIALLY black women. I want my boys to grow up into respectful gentlemen who treat all women as equals and do not judge them based on the negative images our society puts out on a daily basis. I can do my best to teach them, but the fact is they learn more about how to be men from the world around them than from me or even my husband. Positive role models like Doc McStuffins are ESSENTIAL in teaching them the power of #blackgirlmagic and that women are to be appreciated for more than just their looks. Thanks #disneyjr for recognizing that and not making the terrible mistake of eliminating our beloved Doc. I look forward to the day where our media is as diverse as our real world and the thought of a children's show with a non-white lead character is met with simple sadness instead of a feeling of utter loss and crisis. #Disney please continue to do your part in making that happen.