The imperatives of literary fashion aren’t nearly as oppressive as they used to be, so in order to understand what it was like to be Angela Carter, writing in the 1970s and ’80s, we’ll have to use our ...

As much as I love fairy tales, I'll be the first to admit that they're often hella misogynistic in the treatment of their female characters, sometimes even violently so. There's one little-known fairy ...

Classic fairy tales aren't exactly known for being feminist. Between the damsels in distress, knights in shining armor, and basis in outdated, traditional morals, looking for feminist fairy tale ...

Sleeping Beauty becomes an allegory about consent, Peter Pan is recast as a “creepy” Peeping Tom, and Ariel must weigh whether the “vagina-a-bob” that comes attached to her new legs is worth losing ...

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There was a time when fairy tales were much more than just bedtime stories. Actually, the fanciful tales that have enthralled ...

Young women often say they want to find a knight in shining armor and be "a princess" on their wedding day. From an early age, many girls are indoctrinated with the idea that lasting romance and ...

University of Reading provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty – these well-known stories and others, first published by the Brothers Grimm in Kinder- ...

In America, little girls were glued to the television from before dawn, enthralled by Diana’s dress with its billows of silk taffeta, 10,000 pearls and 25-foot train. To a young girl’s eye, the only ...

Anime pulls its inspiration from many places, and fairy tales have always been a very popular source. Many of the most iconic titles use a fairy tale motif to tell their story, giving them a whimsical ...