Fairy Tales

Opinions on and analyses of what is perhaps my oldest obsession.

Snow White

Somehow or other, I have become an advocate for this misunderstood heroine, and have done so in many, many words.

A Softer Kind of Strength

Love is a Worthy Goal

Review/Analysis: Snow White and the Widow Queen

The Fairy Tale Forest

A short series on the forest in fairy tales, where our heroes must go to seek their fortune—and where you, dear reader, must go as well.

You Must Become Lost

The Hero's Journey vs The Forest Story

Who Goes into the Forest?

Feed the Wolf

The Ones We Meet in Darkness

Other

The Little Mermaid is Not a Fairy Tale

A Wound is Not a Virtue

"The Goose Girl" and the Art of Retellings