On this episode of Be the Serpent, we're discussing fairytales: how do they work, what purpose does their beauty and terror serve, and why are they so intertwined with everything we read? Our tentpoles this week are Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Stardust (the movie), and the Yuri on Ice fanfic "hood & glove".

 

What We’re Reading:

Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha LeeArmistice by Lara Elena DonnellyEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangThe Starlit Wood (anthology), ed. Dominik Parisien & Navah WolfeRag and Bone by KJ Charles

 

Other Stuff We Mentioned:

Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikThe movie Stardust“Hood & glove” by Fahye/Freya Marske [which features artwork by hawberries]The folk tales “Tam Lin,” "Baba Yaga's Daughter" and “Little Red Riding Hood”“Cinderella”Queer EyeThis interview between Shveta Thakrar and Over The Rainbow Fairy Tale about Euro-centric attitudes about fairy talesThe Orpheus mythSir Orfeo (medieval ballad)“King Orpheo” (Scottish song)Uprooted by Naomi NovikStardust (the book) by Neil Gaiman“Rapunzel”, the fairy taleTangledThe fairy tale “Snow White”The Princess BrideYuri!!! On IceSupernaturalThe hieros gamosA Midsummer Night’s DreamVictory Condition by astolatSeelie and the Unseelie Courts“Cradle of Vines” by Jennifer Mace“The Bonny Swans”“Win me, win me, an ye will” by Fahye/Freya MarskeZen Cho’s Sorcerer to the CrownMiss Marjoribanks by Mrs OliphantCruel Prince by Holly BlackTithe by Holly BlackInto The Woods, the musicalAarne-Thompson Tale Type IndexThompson’s Motif IndexDewey Decimal SystemSwan Lake, the balletMaleficentDisney’s Sleeping Beauty which is based on “Sleeping Beauty”Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollWayward Children by Seanan McGuireAlice in Wonderland 1999 TV filmstrongtime

 

Transcription:

The transcript for this episode can be found here. Thanks as always to our scribes: Sara, Neharika, and Magali!