Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell

Sleeping Beauty is a difficult story. By its very nature, it has a LOT of consent issues, and the straight up rape of a sleeping woman who then gives birth to one or two babies without waking is a commonality in the earliest versions of the tale. Even if you have a version with no rape, and discount the inherent ickiness of “kiss a random sleeping woman” aspect, it’s also a very passive tale for … Continue reading Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell →