FFT--Chapter 9--BarbidolIn which life in plastic is NOT fantastic for Barbie (pardon me, Barbidol) as Ken’s expy treats her with contempt and cheats on her, her best friend’s expy fat-shames her, GI Joe’s expy threatens and abuses her, and Barbie has to decide what kind of abuse to put up with. Also, women trying to grow as people is treated as ( Read more... )

FFT: Chapter 6--Ugly and the BeastIn which Walker hates merchants, beautiful women and transformation stories, the female lead is hideous and has no self-esteem, her family expresses little for her but ridicule, the grotesque Beast loathes his ex and claims to fear the female lead’s ugliness, the story winds up with the most broken of Aesops, and ( Read more... )

FFT: Chapter 2--Princess Questa (Part I)

In which Walker writes a fairy tale in which the female lead is neglected and abused by her father, emotionally abused and threatened with rape by her father’s knights, physically and emotionally abused by her lover…and we’re only halfway through the story. Also, a fairy gives the princess a magical toothed ( Read more... )

Chapter 1--The She-Wolf

In which we seem to have stumbled into genderswapped Jack and the Beanstalk, a stupidly manipulative queen uses the worst method ever of repaying a debt, one woman grabs the credit for another’s work, and everything’s coming up werewolves.

Next posting--Tuesday, August 9, 2016.

Feminist Fairy Tales--IntroductionIn which the author lists her many, many objections to princesses and fairy tales, few of which hold water, uses a couple of words now considered insulting to people from the Far East and intersex people, complains about the viciousness of an innocent character, and discusses the appropriation of three African ( Read more... )

Feminist Fairy Tales--Summary and Table of ContentsIn which ZQ and I begin sporking an anthology by an angry author who won’t stop shoehorning into retold and original fairy tales the Mother Goddess, holy uteruses, both real and symbolic, magical menstrual blood, the need for women to control men, the morality of greed and con artistry, and all ( Read more... )

Fifty Shades Freed--Chapter 16 (part II)In which Ana suggests that Grey beat up a black man instead of yelling at her, Grey unwittingly compares Ana to a black hole and expresses the notion that his old BDSM lifestyle “taints” him, the sexual molestation of another woman is portrayed as a good thing, Grey admits that he doesn’t have the capacity ( Read more... )

50 Shades Freed--Chapter 13 (Part I)

In which we are reminded repeatedly that Grey and Ana are rich, Ana goes shopping with Mia and Kate, we learn that there is one bisexual character in this whole series, and Ana gets a lot of exercise by jumping to conclusions.

50 Shades Freed--Chapter 12 (Part II)

In which Grey has a Symbolic Dream, betrays, once more, that he knows nothing about how fundamental BDSM is supposed to work, blames Ana for his unhappiness, and then takes a post-honeymoon vacation.

Fifty Shades Freed--Chapter Ten (Part III)In which Grey is still furious with Ana for NOT being present when a kidnapper came to the apartment, Ana actually tells Grey to calm down, there is yet another quarrel about whether or not Ana can go to work, Ana thinks that two reporters is a pack of paparazzi, Victoria the Elusive Vampire’s Expy shows ( Read more... )