The Distorting Power of Fairy Tales' Ideals of Feminine Beauty

Using Lori Baker-Sperry and Liz Grauerholz's "The Pervasiveness and Persistence of the Feminine Beauty Ideal in Children's Fairy Tales" (2003) and personal experience growing up in the era of the Disney princess, the student explores the way fairy tales reinforce feminine beauty standards and notes more recent examples of pop culture attempting to break the mold.
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