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10 Video Games That Feel Like Fairy Tales

By Sarah Fimm Dec 22nd
The Real Hero of ‘Carnival Row’ Isn’t Who You Think It Is

By D.R. Medlen Mar 18th
Like Most Disney Stories, ‘The Little Mermaid’ Is Based on a Much More Tragic Fairytale

By Benedetta Geddo Mar 2nd
8+ Beautiful, Contemporary Novels Written in Verse That Make Poetry Accessible

By Alyssa Shotwell Mar 21st
These 11 Queer Retellings Beautifully Breathe New Life Into Beloved Fairy Tales

By Larissa Irankunda Feb 26th
The Swan Princess Celebrates 25th Anniversary: How a Box Office Miss Became a Nine-Part Franchise

By Princess Weekes Oct 29th
The Ever-Evolving Feminism of Cinderella

By Anya Crittenton Sep 13th
Things We Saw Today: Tell Me a Story Turns Fairy Tales into Dark Thrillers

By Chelsea Steiner Aug 5th
Tales as Old As Time: 7 Fairy Tale Remixes and Remakes

By Sara Goodwin Apr 12th
Q&A With Julie C. Dao, Author Of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

By Princess Weekes Dec 18th
If We Are Gonna Talk About Consent in Sleeping Beauty, Then What Aurora Feels Matters

By Princess Weekes Dec 5th
Things We Saw Today: Paul Ryan and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Pint

By Kaila Hale-Stern Mar 17th
“Wicked Girls Saving Themselves”: Why Fairy Tales Are Ripe for Feminist Retellings

By Sam Riedel Oct 18th
Everafter: From the Pages of Fables Brings the Fables Universe Back to Vertigo

By Teresa Jusino Jun 20th
Hulu Releases Daniel Errico’s Second LGBTQIA Animated Fairy Tale Rosaline

By Charline Jao Jun 7th
Gather ‘Round for Some Feminist Fairytales, a New Web Series

By Charline Jao Mar 30th
The Into the Woods Phenomenon: What Happens After Happily Ever After

By TMS Contributors Jan 25th
Let’s Decipher Taylor Swift’s New Video For “Out of the Woods”

By Maddy Myers Jan 1st
The Mary Sue Exclusive: Cautionary Fables and Fairytales

By Carolyn Cox Nov 20th
Through the Looking Glass: Makeovers in Fairytales and YA

By Carolyn Cox Oct 2nd