I so agree with you, Sanjida! I've been writing the blueprint of the fairy tale heroine's journey over the last two years—a template that is the other side of the coin of the hero's journey, repressed but coming to light in recent pop culture reflections of the feminine quest.
Fairy tales have been reframed for me after reading Amy Wambach's "Wolfpack", and Emily Kenway's "Who Cares. The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving and How We Solve It. Emily presents the evolution of female archetypes in fact and fiction. These refocused my caregiver lens to understand how we have been somewhat conditioned to a view of caring, and gendered roles...I'm still curiously learning and trying to unravel these lines of thinking for myself.
You may be interested in reading Kate Farrell's Substack. E.g. "Woven: Telling the Heroine's Journey"
I so agree with you, Sanjida! I've been writing the blueprint of the fairy tale heroine's journey over the last two years—a template that is the other side of the coin of the hero's journey, repressed but coming to light in recent pop culture reflections of the feminine quest.
Here's more in a June post: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/woven-telling-the-heroines-journey-dfe
Thank you Kate. I’m just rereading The Hero’s Journey. Would be great to see a feminist take!
Hi Sanjida, thank you, this piqued my interest.
Fairy tales have been reframed for me after reading Amy Wambach's "Wolfpack", and Emily Kenway's "Who Cares. The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving and How We Solve It. Emily presents the evolution of female archetypes in fact and fiction. These refocused my caregiver lens to understand how we have been somewhat conditioned to a view of caring, and gendered roles...I'm still curiously learning and trying to unravel these lines of thinking for myself.
You may be interested in reading Kate Farrell's Substack. E.g. "Woven: Telling the Heroine's Journey"
Thank you Kate and Victoria! Will check out Kate’s post too!
Thank you, Victoria! It's exciting to see other key creatives recognize the power of fairy tales for contemporary writers. You have such a keen eye!
You're welcome, Kate. FYI I found Sanjida when she wrote this article for SmallStack—SO good: https://sanjidakay.substack.com/p/how-to-manage-social-media-with-help?utm_source=publication-search
Excellent post as well. Reassuring! I've had a similar instinct, but it's good to see the research to validate.