Rejected Titles for My Fairy Tale Literature Thesis
Don’t Be a Dick: Exploring Phallogocentrism in Nursery Rhymes
Old Ladies Need to Get Laid: How Evil Stepmothers Came to be so Evil, According to the Men Who Created Them
Fucked Up or Fucked Over?: Women in Fairy Tales Get Hegemonically Fucked
‘The Bloody Chamber’: Not a Euphemism for Menstruation…I Think…
Bluebeard, Red Hood, White Snow: How the US Took European Tradition and Built a Theme Park
The Consumption of Little Red Riding Hood: An Allegory for Female Castration
Fins or Feet?: Female Footwear (or Lack Thereof) in The Little Mermaid
Tales as Old as Time: Male Privilege, Stockholm Syndrome, and Women’s Shared Weakness for Furry Creatures
Our Mothers Should Peg Our Fathers: Lessons Passed on from the Phallic Mother Baba Yaga
Sins of the Father: How Briar Rose Taught Men to Impregnate Sleeping Women But Wake Them Up for Child Birthing — Y’know, the Important Stuff
You’re My Cinderella Ella, Ella, Eh, Eh, Eh: ‘These Fancy Things Will Never Come in Between’ and Other Lies Told by Jealous Stepsisters Since Women Obviously Can’t Have Supportive Relationships With Each Other, According to Men
The Double-Meaning of ‘Pricks’ in Sleeping Beauty and How Both Meanings Mean Nothing But Meanness
‘Hey There Little Red Riding Hood, You Sure Are Looking Good’ or ‘How Capitalism Tried to Eat Communism While She Was Alone in the Woods’
‘Let Down Your Hair’: Long, Short, Up, Down — the Regulation of Female Bodily Autonomy in Rapunzel
The Economy of Mischief and Women in Puss in Boots or ‘Bitches Love Shoes’
Brooke Knisley teaches in Emerson College’s first-year writing program. She has balance issues. You can follow her on Twitter to read more.
