funny you mentioned disney. i was just watching 'beauty and the beast' a few weeks ago and was disturbed by some of the lyrics the townspeople, lead by gaston, are singing when they're storming the beast's castle. particularly: "We don't like / What we don't understand / In fact it scares us." i was like....way to be narrow-minded, you know?

also, i was a big bsc fan when i was younger. i liked those and sweet valley. i can't bring myself to read them now, though, lol. but it was fun at the time.