Writing in the first person, she speaks about her desire to write about the depiction of Voodoo in the movie The Princess and the Frog after overhearing her children comment that Voodoo is “bad magic”. Right away she expresses her anger at the film’s offensive stereotypes relating to Voodoo, in particular the depiction of Voodoo loas. Maldonado also expresses her discomfort at the movie’s association of Voodoo with death. She ends the essay with the assertion that the portrayal of Voodoo in The Princess and the Frog is a “blatant, racist, and misinformed presentation”.