But most are much darker, and generally serve as cautionary tales that warn against the dangers of men or highlight the cunning that women must consistently deploy to save themselves from danger. Much of that is thanks to the Walt Disney Company, whose family-friendly retellings of classic tales like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow Whiteare careful to remove the darker and more problematic elements from the stories, sanitizing them to the point where many modern viewers are most likely completely unaware of the popular films’ complicated – and often shocking – roots.įairy tales are also often associated specifically with women, thanks in no large part to Disney’s equally relentless push to turn the stories of heroines like Belle and Aurora into aspirational roadmaps for the wedding industrial complex. Perhaps most of all, a happily ever after. Thanks to current pop culture, when the average reader thinks of fairy tales, something very specific probably comes to mind: Beautiful princesses.
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