Jezebel: Fairy Tales

Kristen Stewart's Snow White Is A Weapon-Wielding Warrior

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:26:00 EDT

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Last week we saw an image from the Snow White movie directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Lily Collins, which definitely looked like a sweet, princessy fairy tale. But the Kristen Stewart version — directed by Rupert Sanders and produced by Joe Roth, who's partly responsible for the 3D Alice in Wonderland — has a decidedly different look. Instead of a ball gown and a sweet expression, Snow White wields a sword and shield. More »

Your First Look At Lily Collins As Snow White

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:04:00 EDT

The new Snow White movie is sure to be a visual feast, since it's directed by Tarsem Singh, responsible for vivid and surreal films like The Fall and The Cell. Lilly Collins (daughter of Phil), who plays the fairest of them all, exclaims,"I keep saying to everyone I feel like I'm walking into a snow globe, a fairy tale, every single day… It's so epic. I was part of a costume ball today, so you can only imagine the outfits." (This project is not to be confused with the other Snow White film starring Kristen Stewart. That should be… interesting.) More »

12 Wonderfully Deconstructed Fairy Tales

Whitney Jefferson — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:30:00 EDT

Simone Massoni's "12 Famous Fairy Tales In Pieces" seeks to demonstrate who our beloved fairytale characters are like on the inside — and what actually happened after the happy ending in each of the following stories. More »

And They Lived Happily Never After

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:30:00 EST

After it's forthcoming release of Tangled, Disney's animation studios don't plan to follow up with any more fairy tales for the forseeable future. But what will our nation's little girls do without really boring animated princes to dream of marrying? More »

Snow White Gives Bad Advice To Young Girls

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:15:00 EST

In the latest of Second City's Cartoon Princess videos, Snow White discusses the importance of being fair, why you should never eat fruit, and notes, "you know you've made it as the prettiest person when everyone wants to kill you. " More »

Blame Disney For Our Royal Wedding Excitement

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:50:00 EST

The United States has no monarchy. We pride ourselves on being a democratic society, and often seem to strive towards meritocracy. But now that there's going to be a royal wedding in the UK, we are all in a tizzy! More »

Meet Baba Yaga, The Witchiest Witch Of Them All

Sadie Stein — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:00 EDT

It's not hard to see that Baba Yaga, the horrifying witch-hag of Slavic folklore, could be read as saying a lot of things about women. A new retelling of her myth does exactly that. More »

"Rapunzel" Goes Gender-Neutral (With An Homage To "Fairy Tale Theatre.")

Sadie Stein — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:20:00 EST

Since Disney believes the title Frog Princess alienated boys, "Rapunzel" is now "Tangled." Happily ever after? More »

Why The Gossips Find Shiloh's "Tomboy" Attire So Odious

Irin Carmon — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:00:00 EST

Doesn't she realize she's the crown princess in the fairy tale? She's ruining it with that "wanting to be a boy" thing! More »

Chambers Of Blood And Velvet: Subverting The Classics For Feminist Ends

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:30:00 EST

What do the Wicked Stepmother, Medea, Pandora and Lilith have in common? They're all badass bitches, and they're all getting a revamp. At least, if Lillian Slugocki's call for submissions works out the way she hopes it will. More »

Comic Showcase: Andrea Peterson's No Rest For The Wicked

LatoyaPeterson — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:30:00 EST

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Little Red Riding Hood brushes claws with Beauty & The Beast in this macabre send up of fairy tale classics. In the dark yet humorous webcomic No Rest For The Wicked, there are no heroes. More »

Hansel & Gretel Update Gives The Witch Her Say

Anna North — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:20:00 EDT

"I've eaten quite a few children over the centuries. You may wonder where I get them all. The answer is: I get them the traditional way. From parents, of course." — The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children [New Yorker] More »

Radishes, Mermaids, And Shot-Putters: The Lessons Of Fairy Tales

Anna North — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Fairy tales have been much analyzed in the past thirty years or so, and Holly Tucker's list of five books on the subject offers every interpretation from feminist to Freudian. But as a devotee myself, I have my own ideas. More »

Once Upon A Time, Sarah Haskins Was Sold A Story

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Do you like fairy tales? Of course you do. You have a vagina. "Every woman's secret dream is to be the heroine in a fairy tale," Sarah Haskins explains. Naturally, commercials make this dream come true. More »

The Princess Diaries: Can Little Girls Handle Disney?

Sadie Stein — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Yesterday on EW's Popwatch blog, Mandi Bierley pondered watchingSleeping Beauty, with her soon-to-be niece, realizing there are worrisome things in it. “The first gift the good fairies bestow upon the baby Princess Aurora is beauty, and she is engaged at 16,” she writes, adding, “Seriously, what do you do?” More »