Like many little girls who loved Ingalls Wilder, I read the books as empowering tales of a bold, determined girl who refused to be constrained by convention.
It's an empowering tale that can truly be applied to many situations, and inspire those who feel like outsiders to reach beyond their comfort zone, as well as encourage others to connect with the aforementioned outsider to create a better world.
Jay-Z's Roc Nation corporation is partly behind the new Annie, and, as his use of one of the old one's songs suggests, his own rags-to-riches, self-empowered tale is very much in its style.
Their unashamed confessional tales empowered his own introspective songwriting, he says.
For one thing, Eller notes, most adherents of the pro-matriarchy party line see it not as an empowering fairy tale but as a genuine account of our past.
Diane's tale is an empowering story for women, which happens to be based on a classic fairy tale".
Whenever I left home and did something that previously terrified me (and not only lived to tell the tale, but had fun doing it), I felt a little more empowered.
Series based on classic fairy tales, like "Once Upon a Time" on ABC, offer independent, empowered Snow Whites.
These rituals also empowered the community to welcome the warrior home: To listen to his battle tales, to appreciate his sacrifice, and to assert his value in society.
Inspired by the darker and more cautionary Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, "The Little Mermaid" was Disney's first animated film to feature a newly empowered breed of heroine who gets the prince but doesn't need saving by him.
