Apr 29
Lest the last post be too disparaging about fairy tale ladies in iffy marriage situations, let me bring a seriously rad lady to your attention: SHAHRAZAD, heroine of The Arabian Nights So here’s the deal with The Arabian Nights: it’s one large frame story with several smaller frame stories grouped inside of it. Tales within tales within …
Mar 18
Let me tell you about them. Because, thing is, they are where all the bad-ass women of fairy tales have been hiding all this time. First, the basics: Compiled by Francis James Child in the mid to late 1800s, the full title is actually The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, and it is a collection of …
Aug 04
Apparently, it’s Things That Bother Me Week. Well, who am I to say no to the opportunity to complain on the Internet. (Complaint is the purpose of the internet, after all. That and porn.) So. Something that bothers me: Chick Lit. Chick Lit, to me, literature by women for women that probably has some literary …
Feb 06
Badass is a fascinating and problematic concept to me. Even the word itself makes no sense: someone who is badass is neither bad, nor an ass, nor so they have a substandard bottom. Exactly what other qualities they possess is up for significant debate. The dictionary (American Heritage) says badass is vulgar slang for “a …