Sleeping Beauty, Disney’s third Disney Princess film, was released in 1959. I enjoyed Sleeping Beauty a lot more than I enjoyed Cinderella, which I enjoyed a lot more than Snow White. It seems that Disney was only getting better with age. Princess Aurora has the beginnings of the later 90s princesses I adore. The PrinceContinue reading “Sleeping Beauty: The Passive, Peasant Princess”
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Seven Virtues Flash Fiction Challenge
After the success of the Seven Deadly Sins flash fiction challenge, Lady Antimony is hosting the Seven Virtues flash fiction challenge. Seven Days Seven Virtues 100 words Starting 7th August 2011 The Seven Virtues are not as widely known as the Seven Deadly Sins, so I’ll list them in the order Antimony would like usContinue reading “Seven Virtues Flash Fiction Challenge”
Heroes Out Of Time
A girl I went to University with told me she loved to read regency romances because the men in those books were ‘allowed’ to be assholes – it was time-appropriate, she said, to be devilishly handsome and be rather roguish, to rip their ladies’ bodices off their heaving bosom and generally be totally sexist… IContinue reading “Heroes Out Of Time”
Alice: The Girl Who Lost Her Way Forges a New Path
Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (1951) doesn’t really offer that much of a chance to really dissect Disney because it’s really a nonsense tale designed only to entertain and enchant. I mean, it makes no sense. It’s meant to be that way. Alice just wanders from one adventure to the next. The sequel, also titled AliceContinue reading “Alice: The Girl Who Lost Her Way Forges a New Path”
Seven Deadly Sins Flash Fiction Challenge: Day Seven: Sloth
Lady Antimony is hosting a week-long Seven Deadly Sins flash fiction challenge. It started on 07/07. The premise of the challenge is as follows: Seven Days Seven Deadly Sins Seven Flash Fictions up to 100 words Starting 7/7 Today is Sloth. Laziness and indifference.. Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth The mental to-do list was as longContinue reading “Seven Deadly Sins Flash Fiction Challenge: Day Seven: Sloth”
Lissa Bilyk 