The Lion King has such a deep-rooted place in our hearts, that even as proud feminists, we admit we failed to see just how male-centred the story of Simba’s rise and fall in the pride always was.

It turns out that although the Disney classic (which of course will be hitting cinemas very soon after being remade) would have us believe that Mufasa was the leader of Pride Rock and - as the name suggests - the king of the lions, a more factually accurate name for the film would be The Lion QUEEN.

That’s right, science journalist Erin Biba has opened our eyes to the patriarchal truth after tweeting about an interview she did with one of the world’s leading lion researchers. She explains that actually lion prides are almost entirely comprised of females, who are responsible for hunting, raising cubs and defending their territory with little need for male lions at all. In other words, it’s a woman’s world and they know how to get shit done.

Biba tweeted, explaining that after working on the piece for National Geographic she has learned that lions communities are matrilineal and that “if The Lion King were real, Nala would be the star, Sarabi would be holding her up saying everything the light touches is our kingdom, Simba would have left and never come back, and when Nala got old enough Sarabi would have carved out a territory for her to rule.”

If The Lion King had been factually correct, it would have been a feminist story