"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales"

 - Albert Einstein

A lot of fairy tales pose a problem at the core of their plots, which requires the reader to use problem solving to infer what happens next. This helps prepare them for real world issues by giving them something to relate them to.  The issue Im planning to incorporate into my piece is gendered social expectations. In the original tale of Cinderella, 'the step sisters were symbols of desperation, the shoe didnt fit so one cut off her toe, and one cut off her heel. How many children who read this grew into adults with bleeding feet, who mutilated themselves for the satisfaction of a king?'
( inspiration taken from "An Open letter from the Brothers Grimm to Walt Disney" by Khary Jackson )
Our society puts men in a place of power & women below that. This unfair balance creates a need for women to prove themselves & strive for the 'satisfaction of a king', in many cases they are forced to put other people before themselves.

Happy Valentines Day! 

For this project I just took my favorite animal inspiration & added cute puns & tada! adorable valentines cards!