Danielle Lindemann modifies some classic Disney fairy tales.
By Lisa Wade
Sometimes there’s nothing to do but take matters into our own hands. A reader who is both a mom and a sociologist decided to do just that. After discovering that one of her daughter’s books required some “subversion,” she decided to do a little editing. Here’s to one way of fighting the disempowering messages taught to little girls by capitalist icons:
This story originally appeared on Sociological Images, a Pacific Standard partner site, as “‘A Princess Is Kind of a Bad Ass’: When Feminist Moms Pick Up the Pen.”