We take a deep dive into the beloved book Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. What if Cinderella's obedience was not the character trait of a humble maiden, but a lifelong curse that robbed her of free will?

*This episode contains spoilers*

Resources:


Unbreakable Glass Slippers by Tori Shereen Mirsadjadi: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1042&context=scripps_theses

Not All Work Is Depicted Equal by Jennifer Erin Johnson: https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/24/1.0067700/1

Ella  Evolving by Linda T. Parsons: https://www.crsd.org/cms/lib/PA01000188/Centricity/Domain/667/English/Fairy%20Tales/Cinderella%20Stories%20and%20the%20Construction%20of%20Gender%20Appropriate%20Behavior.pdf

How The Heroine Of ‘Ella Enchanted’ (Accidentally) Became A Feminist Icon by Claire Fallon: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ella-enchanted-feminist-nostalgia_n_597bb2e7e4b02a8434b6866e