How do fairy tales shape us?
Once Upon a Patriarchy, debuting this October, is the first in what we hope will be a series of podcasts produced through the graduate program in Writing and Digital Communication at Agnes Scott College. Podcasts in this series advance our vision of cultivating just and inclusive community and promoting respectful dialogue across difference through digital communication.
Fairy tales from the margins
Each week, my good friend Wanda Swan and I will sit down with a special guest to talk and laugh about all the ways Disney’s versions of fairy tales messed with our heads. We’ll look at the pre-Disney literary versions and the changes Disney made to them. We’ll reminisce about jamming to “Kiss the Girl” while asking, with some real concern, “Who is Flounder’s mama?” Does she know where he is?
We’re taking an outsider’s approach and looking for the counter-narratives in the stories. We’ll empathize with villains. We’ll add some color back into the mix. We’ll explore who gets to dream of happily ever after and who doesn’t — and what that taught us.
Just be aware, we’re writing our own stories now.
You can listen to Wanda and I introduce ourselves and speak briefly about what we intend for the podcast below. Check back for more teasers as the launch date gets closer. The entirety of season one will air this fall.
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