246: Feminism, Judaism, and Fairy Tales (with Veronica Schanoes)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re joined by author and professor Veronica Schanoes, who leads us through a forest of  the feminism of Alice in Wonderland, taking moralizing out of the fairy tales, and tackling forgiveness. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://electricliterature.com/stories-books-about-jewish-magic-folklore-mythology/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Stories Based on Jewish Folklore and Magic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, on Electric Literature. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Content Warning:</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode contains conversations about or mentions of bodily harm, antisemitism, gun violence, murder, arrest/imprisonment, depression, implied pedophilia, emotional manipulation, torture, racism, slavery, child endangerment, kidnapping, dismemberment, and religious persecution. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Guest</strong></p> <p><a href="https://schanoes.wordpress.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Veronica Schanoes</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is an American author of fantasy stories and an associate professor in the department of English at Queens College, CUNY. Her novella Burning Girls was nominated for the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award and won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella in 2013. She lives in New York City.</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/822/9781250781505"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Burning Girls and Other Stories</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is her debut collection.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Housekeeping</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recommendation</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: This week, Amanda recommends</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/822/9781538702741"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Nichole Perkins. </span></p> <p><span style="font-we