Damsels have values, more than known and that we hear and read in folktales, legends, fairytales and news today.
August 30, 2021
Released --> Damsels Overcome
May 5, 2021
Understanding of males as Knights in Shining Armor
I am commenting about my attitude about the 'Knight in Shining Armor' assuming they are all males, which is not true.
Anyway here is my take of the knight or prince charming.
From the legends about the Knights who roamed Europe commissioned by the Kings of England; the Knight has ravished dragons of one sort or another (for treasure) to saved a damsel or is this slaying really give fame to himself. My comment came from my attitude, 'The Knight slays the dragon to secure the jewels for himself.' (jewels = skills)
Sure, some damsel want 'saved'; although most damsels desire to do their own work. To be saved by a Knight is servitude because the maiden or matron becomes the victim in a triangle --> saved, victim, indebted. The tale Spider Weaver in my book Damsels Overcome; if she does not do her saving another danger comes along.
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As a damsel: she can do her bidding, to be saved or not to be saved.
January 21, 2021
Damsels Overcome soon in bookstores
Both males and females are important in social norms. I'm making a case about the male narratives that dominate - take the fable Turtle and the Hare; all characters males. Masculine pronouns lock us into male narratives and male norms.
DAMSELS OVERCOME has 20 folktales from different times and many countries. Included are blurbs about my identity and dispute with the narratives about the damsels who appeared in these traditional male-dominated dialogues written in literature and folklore from the 6th to 18th centuries.
Launch date is August 30, 2021.