"Twitter illustrated the enduring obsession with the latter last week when the 'We need a Disney princess who' meme - which ranged from earnest ('We need a Disney princess who's vegan and fights for animal liberation') to bizarre ('We need a Disney princess who is literally Shia LaBeouf on PCP') - reached a flashpoint after a regional Planned Parenthood center's account tweeted, then deleted, 'We need a Disney princess who's had an abortion.' The outrage from the anti-choice right that followed was understandable enough. But what accounts for the internet's chronic royal fever?"
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