“Fairytales are so iconic, and form such a framework for so much of our fiction, that it is definitely time to address these stories and give them a feminist spin. We want our children to grow up reading about women who rise above the stereotype, stretching and shaping what it means to be a woman tod…”— Venetia Gosling, Natasha Onwuemezi, thebookseller.com
“Punam Patel: ‘The prince married her right away.’ Lisa Schwartz: He doesn’t even know her name! Punam Patel: Does she have any say in this marriage? He married her right away. Like, did she want to be married? What was she running away from? Why was she there? Doesn’t matter, because someone wants t…”— Punam Patel, Herself - Host, Punam Patel, imdb.com
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.co.uk
“Someone once told there's nothing wrong with fairy tales everyone ends up happily ever after in the end.”— Peyton Sawyer, amazon.com