Fairy Tale Princesses Will Kill Your Children

Six episode podcast, hosted by author, ex-journalist, and creator of the Fixed It project, Jane Gilmore. The podcast uses the myths embodied in children’s fairy tales to examine women’s experiences of poverty, male violence, and disempowerment.Loosely based on her book, Fairy Tale Princesses Will Kill Your Children, Jane Gilmore and guest speakers in each episode will look at a particular myth about women and gender and how it impacts the economic, legal, social, political, physical and emotional safety of women and non-binary people.

Fairy Tale Princesses Will Kill Your Children is a society podcast hosted by Jane Gilmore, with 7 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jane Gilmore hosts Fairy Tale Princesses Will Kill Your Children, a society show with 7 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  Prevention, Change and Hope for the Future with Emily Maguire

  Nov 17, 20241h 5mS0

  <p>The myths about women that contribute to legal, medical, economic, social, political disadvantage do not operate independently. We silo them because it’s the only way we can explain and examine the detail of how they harm women and non-binary people. The only names we have for the big picture are patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, etc. Is change possible? How much change have we already achieved in the last 200 years? How to we protect what we’ve already done from backlash while we keep the momentum?</p><p> </p><p>The final guest for the series is Emily Maguire, who w...

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  Episode #5

  Beauty and the Beast with Jess Hill

  Nov 10, 202459 minS0

  <p>Fairy tale princess and romance myths teach boys that their fear and shame can be alleviated by exerting control over women while having no responsibility for their choice to use violence. They teach girls that they are responsible for boy’s emotions and behaviours and that their greatest achievement is to win the love of the Handsome Prince by proving that they are more unselfish than all the other girls. How do these myths benefit men who use coercive controlling techniques? </p><p>Can storytelling that challenges these myths make coercive control more difficult or less prevalent? What are the...

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  Episode #4

  The Little Mermaid with Steven Roberts

  Nov 3, 202451 minS0

  <p>Unpack the myths about silence and voice with Steven Roberts, Professor of Education & Social Justice at Monash University.</p><p>Who has the power to speak and be heard? Who listens and why? TLM teaches women and girls that silence is loveable and feminine, boys learn their voices are important and powerful. How is this myth built into the structures (eg schools) that teach us to be adults and how does this impact the adult world?</p><p>(01:46) The Little Mermaid</p><p>(04:27) The Power of Voice in Social Justice</p><p>(05:26) Challenges in Changing Masculine Norms</p><p>(06:14...

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  Episode #3

  Sleeping Beauty with Lauren French

  Oct 27, 202454 minS0

  <p>How does making women passive players in their own stories and consent a barrier to male success impact our understanding of sexual violence? How is the fairy tale princess myth woven into the perfect victim myth, and what impact does this have on the legal system’s response to sexual violence?<br /><br />To answer these questions, Jane is joined by Lauren French, Head of Education at Body Safety Australia.<br /><br />(02:33) The Sleeping Beauty Story</p><p>(04:36) Defining Consent Beyond Legal Terms</p><p>(10:31) Teaching Consent to Young Children</p><p>(13:14) Navigating Consent in Everyday Life</p><p>(16:51) Ch...

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  Episode #2

  Cinderella with Wil Stracke

  Oct 20, 202450 minS0

  <p>In this episode, Jane is joined by Wil Stracke, Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council</p><p>to unpack the myth that women’s work is domestic, private, and powerless and that women work because they love it not because it has public value. How does this affect women’s economic safety, the value we put on women’s work, and women’s ability to contribute to public good? What are the policy and political factors at play? How much change has already happened? What do we do to keep this going? </p><p>(01:36) The Cinderella story</p><p>(04...

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