Narratives

Why Men’s Rights Activists Should Care About Folklore

Feminism is ubiquitous in fairy tale studies. Donald Haase edited a book about it: Fairy Tales and Feminism: New Approaches. Nancy Canepa, in Teaching Fairy Tales, called it “groundbreaking” and responsible for “stimulating” conversations within the field. Jack Zipes declared Laura Gonzenbach more important than the Brothers Grimm in his introduction to Beautiful Angiola, because …

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Why Men’s Rights Activists Should Care About Folklore

Feminism is ubiquitous in fairy tale studies. Donald Haase edited a book about it: Fairy Tales and Feminism: New Approaches. Nancy Canepa, in Teaching Fairy Tales, called it “groundbreaking” and responsible for “stimulating” conversations within the field. Jack Zipes declared Laura Gonzenbach more important than the Brothers Grimm in his introduction to Beautiful Angiola, because …

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Folklore, Feminism, and the Erasure of Male Victimization

Can scholars and writers be wrong about a story they know well? That question might seem odd since academics and authors are generally knowledgeable, but the quality of their analyses depends on a variety of factors – including their ideology. There isn’t anything inherently wrong with philosophical or political interpretations of a text; at best, …

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