Advice from a small town girl

Personally, I blame it all on Walt Disney.

Seriously.

Before Walt came along, fairy tales tended to be not just cautionary, but downright terrifying.

I’m pretty sure that prior to being introduced to the happy-ever-after brand of storytelling perfected by those at the Disney company, I was too scared to do anything wrong. After all, being baked in someone’s oven or eaten by a wolf didn’t sound particularly pleasant.

Then here came Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, where the girls (and I use that term advisedly) tended to be innocent victims of nasty adult women.

Oh, and I must not fo...