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Leslie Vedder and cat reading the Bone Spindle

In ‘The Bone Spindle,’ Leslie Vedder Offers a Gender-Swapped Fairytale

Rebecca Trevathan, University of Texas at Austin

'Sleeping Beauty' gets a twist in this young adult novel that switches out the traditional roles of the hero and heroine.…

April 11, 2022

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Disney Movies Shift From Themes of Romance to Friends and Family

Kim Becker, Aquinas College

While their first movies were about princesses who got their happily ever afters, recent movies focus on friends and family.…

February 20, 2022

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4 Disney Films That Could Have Just as Easily Been Horror Movies Instead

Carrie Christensen, Pensacola Christian College

'Pinocchio' in particular is one seriously problematic story.…

July 31, 2018