“The Paper Bag Princess” is a fairy tale for our times. When I look at the strong, take-charge female protagonists that have become so prominent in books and films, I see them reflected in Princess ...

The 1980 children's book upended the fairy tale princess stereotypes and won praise for its female empowerment message. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Elizabeth Banks and Margot Robbie are teaming to ...

One of this summer's biggest films is Angelina Jolie's Maleficent, an alternative take on Sleeping Beauty illuminating the memorable villain's humanity. Maleficent comes in the wake of this past ...

In 2012, in the municipal archive of Regensburg, Germany, scholar Erika Eichenseer discovered 30 boxes containing more than 500 hitherto unknown fairy tales. A high-ranking civil servant named Franz ...