I have a confession, one I’ve made a number of times, but not so publicly as this. I loathe The Little Mermaid. Not Ariel herself, mind you, but her story is horrifying to me as a feminist and as a parent -- children's paradigm for women’s agency shouldn’t be a vision of the pa-thet-ic, as … Continue reading Why I Hate the Little Mermaid: Ariel as a Cautionary Tale for Teachers