Episode SummaryOnce upon a time in New York City, a movie about dogs brought up a lot of questions about class, race, and gender. Erin revisits one of her favorite childhood films in this episode about Oliver & Company (1988), while Rachel remains steadfast in her stance that the lone kitten is the only good part. Episode BibliographyAbramovitz, M., & Hopkins, T. (1983). Reaganomics and the welfare state. The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 10(4), 563-578. Bailey, B. (2017). Greetings and compliments or street harassment? Competing evaluations of street remarks in a recorded collection. Discourse & Society, 28(4), 353-373Barnd, N. B. (2013). White Man's Best Friend: Race and Privilege in Oliver and Company. In Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability (pp. 67-82). McFarland, Inc. Biography.com Editors. (2020, March 4). Charles Dickens Biography. Biography.  https://www.biography.com/writer/charles-dickensFleming, P.C. (2016). Dickens, Disney, Oliver, and Company: Adaptation in a corporate media age. Children's Literature Association Quarterly 41(2), 182-198. doi:10.1353/chq.2016.0025.John, C. (1988, November 13). FILM; 'Oliver & Company' Gives Dickens A Disney Twist urban scene from an appropriate rooftop. New York Times, 22.Lohnes, K. (2020, May 5). Oliver Twist. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oliver-Twist-novel-by-DickensNess, M. (2015, November 19). Production Changes: Disney’s Oliver and Company. Tor.com. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://www.tor.com/2015/11/19/production-changes-disneys-oliver-and-company/Noyer, J. (2009, February 2). Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford! Animated Views. Retrieved October 10, 2021, from https://animatedviews.com/2009/oliver-co-composer-jac-redford/Noyer, J. (2009, February 3). Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Director George Scribner! Animated Views. Retrieved October 10, 2021, from https://animatedviews.com/2009/once-upon-a-time-in-new-york-city-oliver-companys-director-george-scribner/Oliver & Company. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 10, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_%26_CompanyOliver & Company. (n.d.). IMDb. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0095776/?ref_=m_ttfc_ttThe Opportunity Agenda. (2021). Narrative shift: From the War on Poverty to “ending welfare as we know it.” The Opportunity Agenda. https://www.opportunityagenda.org/shifting-narrative/narrative-shift-war-povertyPeterson, W.C. (1988). The macroeconomic legacy of Reaganomics. Journal of Economic Issues, 22(1), 1-16. Schettino, F., & Khan, H.A. (2020). Income polarization in the USA: What happened to the middle class in the last few decades? Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 53, 149-161.Scribner, G. (Director). (1988). Oliver & Company [Film]. Walt Disney Feature Animation.Vera-Gray, F. (2016). Men’s stranger intrusions: Rethinking street harassment. Women’s Studies International Forum, 58(September-October), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2016.04.001Wegner, R., Antonia, A., Pierce, J., Pegram, S.E., & Woerner, J. (2015). Sexual assault perpetrators’ justifications for their actions: Relationships to rape supportive attitudes, incident characteristics, and future perpetration. Violence Against Women, 21(8), 1018-1037. doi: 10.1177/1077801215589380