Step through the wardrobe, taste the pomegranate seeds, jump in the fairy ring?
August 12, 2025
So remember last week we told you that our Urban Legends series for The Great Courses Plus had dropped, but we couldn’t really write a ton about it yet because…
Read MoreJune 17, 2025
“…they could see that she was a real princess, because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty featherbeds. Nobody but a real princess could…
Read MoreMarch 18, 2025
Want to hear a small pet peeve of ours about St. Patrick’s Day? It’s probably not going to be what you think it is. In fact, we’re willing to bet…
Read MoreFebruary 4, 2025
First thing’s first – Final number raised for the ACLU from Fairy-Tale Heroines enrollments: $1850.40. We sent them the donation yesterday. THANK YOU, every single person who enrolled or spread…
Read MoreNovember 5, 2024
It’s a big day in the US, and we know that you’re probably being inundated with political stuff. Last minute calls for donations, reminders to vote, dire/encouraging things about early…
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2024
We’ve got to talk about something, so buckle up. There’s a dark side to folklore, and it’s in the news right now. A fellow folklorist friend and colleague, Shelley Ingram,…
Read MoreAugust 13, 2024
Last week, we had our monthly fairy-tale salon, a kind of insiders discussion group inspired by the salons of fairy-tale writers in 17th-century France. (We meet every month on Zoom…
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