Princesses and Evil Step Mothers

The Blair Witch Project launched a new genre of media and spawned numerous parodies. We investigate the film's impact and feminism (or not) in this classic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Anney and Samantha share a very special live recording at sea, with three readings of passages to set the mood for spooky season, along with discussion about feminist themes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

There are plenty of princesses with fairy tale endings. These aren't those princesses! Will and Mango chat with Princesses Behaving Badly author Linda Rodriguez McRobbie to determine which princess you'd want on your wrestling team, which princess left royalty for the circus, ...

We discuss the Disney-fication of classic fairytale and which female character is the fairest pickmeisha of all. Cinderella scam extras: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50839479 The Contenders: 00:52 - Ariel from The Little Mermaid 06:49 - Disney-fication 09:27 - Sailors are the or ...  Show more

Today I felt like unpacking all of the misogynistic messaging behind the Disney princesses we all loved and adored growing up! I love Disney movies so I don't want to paint the entire epic era of 90's Disney content in a harmful light... but I also have witnessed a lot of my own ...  Show more

Once upon a time, in ancient Egypt, a princess was born. But before her happily ever after, she had to live a challenging life of servitude, duty, and a deep belief in her own character. The long life of the woman that we discuss in this episode crosses cultural, territorial and ...  Show more