/2012/03/21/fairytale-princes-discover-the-cinderella-life/ A feminist pop culture adventure Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 /2012/03/21/fairytale-princes-discover-the-cinderella-life/#comment-2233 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:43:10 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=10372#comment-2233 On the good=beautiful, evil=ugly trope, I am reminded of a fairytale I was told at school, where the Queen was visited by a chaotic neutral fairy upon giving birth to her daughter, who made it so the baby was the most beautiful ever born, but also the most stupid. She then visited a poor woman, and made it so her newborn son was the cleverest child ever born, but also the ugliest. Where the story goes is relatively obvious (I don’t recall the exact details), but I do remember the ending having a twist where the Princess hadn’t actually wished the ugly kid handsome, but had – by wishing herself cleverer – discovered the ability to see beauty in him. I always though that was nice. Though it kinda cemented a childish ideal of female=pretty and male=ugly for me.

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