The Fairy Godmentor's Advice for Women Like Us
Life Lessons from Educated Women
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As B.T. grew up, she did work very hard, and her brains were a blessing and a curse. She was very careful about what she wore, but no matter what she did, she never thought that she looked beautiful. She asked her mother, “Am I pretty?” But all her mother said was, “Beauty is as beauty does.” Then B.T. would throw herself into her books, reading Latin in high school even when the other kids made fun of her and called her “Brains” and said “Boys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses.” This beauty thing was a tough problem. Were you beautiful because you were born that way or did you have to work at it? Why did Barbie dolls™ have legs up to their necks? Why did a woman she'd seen on television have thirty-six operations so that she could look exactly like Barbie? Why didn't B.T.'s own pains to look beautiful pay off? Was beauty on the inside or the outside?
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About the Book
This collection of stories with accompanying essays is meant for all readers who are, or who might be interested in, "women like us." The readers will encounter allegories both Jungian and socio-political, classic fairytales cheerfully allowed to subvert themselves or lured towards unexpected new completions, dream narratives, and diverse chick-lit stories gone grippingly awry
About the Author
Judith Ann (Judy) Spector, Professor Emerita, Indiana University/Purdue University Columbus has taught psychoanalytic approaches to literature for the past 32 years. This book is part of her "life stories" work.