I always liked the book Don't Bet on the Prince, a collection of feminist fairy tales, with one section for tales for younger readers, one for adults, and one section for literary criticism. It was edited by Jack Zipes, who also edited a terrific collection of Grimm's fairy tales which I have at home.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Kathy A - Oct 28, 2009 11:46:37 am PDT #28355 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Polter-Cow - Oct 28, 2009 11:48:58 am PDT #28356 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
(They're cherry-picking. Mulan is an example of an ass-kicking Disney Princess)
And Belle has more assets than her sexuality! She reads books! And is kind to teacups!
beth b - Oct 28, 2009 11:51:00 am PDT #28357 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
JZ - Oct 28, 2009 11:53:52 am PDT #28358 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Disney Princesses Deconstructed
(They're cherry-picking. Mulan is an example of an ass-kicking Disney Princess)
Also, that's a severe misreading of Beauty and the Beast, for both Belle and Beast. I got no gripe at all with the deconstructions of the earlier princesses (though, oh, God, is the artwork and animation in Snow White just ravishingly beautiful).
(The Boy Who Broke My Heart, years ago, worked for a game company in LA designing an adventure game with a female lead, and got to see all the initial sketches submitted by various LA-area artists. One was a very, very elderly man who had worked on Snow White; TBWBMH said the style could not possibly have been more wrong for a game character, but that it was also the most beautiful drawing he'd ever seen.)
Stephanie - Oct 28, 2009 11:55:55 am PDT #28359 of 30000
Trust my rage
Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots is our favorite princess book.
Stephanie - Oct 28, 2009 12:01:37 pm PDT #28360 of 30000
Trust my rage
(They're cherry-picking. Mulan is an example of an ass-kicking Disney Princess)
You know, for some reason that I don't get, Mulan isn't a Disney Princess. It's Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, and ...
I take that back. Apparently Mulan and Pocahontas *are* included, but you rarely see them on princess stuff.
Glamcookie - Oct 28, 2009 12:05:37 pm PDT #28361 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
And if you are allergic to princesses, here is a link of anti-princess feminist books for girls: [link]
Aims - Oct 28, 2009 12:05:46 pm PDT #28362 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's funny - I hate Pochahantas with the burning of a thousand suns, but don't mind the Princesses.
Stephanie - Oct 28, 2009 12:07:07 pm PDT #28363 of 30000
Trust my rage
I *love* Pippi Longstocking and Harriet the Spy. I read those books a lot as a child.
Aims - Oct 28, 2009 12:07:41 pm PDT #28364 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Pip, Ramona, and Harriet were my standbys. Also Sally J. Freedman and Penelope Pitstop.