Once upon a time there was a fairy tale. Ageless, universal, and vaguely handed down by the folk, it comforted us with formula and ended happily ever after. Wrong, says Elizabeth Wanning Harries. Our ...
Cinderella may have been a fairy tale princess but it’s a myth that she lived happily ever after. That’s the contention of author Anne E. Beall, Ph.D. in her thoroughly-researched and ...
The following essay is an adapted excerpt from Carrie Gress' new book, The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us, out August 15 from Regnery. Fairy tales have been told across ...
Trung Le Nguyen’s “The Magic Fish” and Jerry Pinkney’s “The Little Mermaid” recast the classics. By Jen Wang THE MAGIC FISH By Trung Le Nguyen THE LITTLE MERMAID By Jerry Pinkney Like most American ...
Don’t call them damsels in distress. These women are capable of saving themselves from the way they have been defined in pop culture – especially by Disney. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, the Little ...