Asexual Fairy Tales
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Almost everyone knows the familiar fairy tale ending: the prince marries the princess and they live happily ever after. Or do they?
Once upon a time, our ancestors were much more honest and open about the spectrum of human sexuality. Among the fairy tales and myths they told were stories of androgynes, neither male nor female; of women and men who resist sex and marriage for other kinds of love; of chaste romances, miraculous childbirth and bodily transformations. These are the asexual fairy tales you will find in this book.
These tales come from many places: from Grimms' Fairy Tales to The Thousand and One Nights, from Greek mythology and Arthurian legend to the silent films of the 1920s and from Scandinavia to Japan. Retold, reimagined, and sometimes reinvented as new stories for the 21st century, these stories will change the way you think about fairy tales, and bring asexuality out of the closet.
Elizabeth Hopkinson
Elizabeth Hopkinson is the author of 'Asexual Fairy Tales' and 'Asexual Myths & Tales'. She was featured in the BBC's We Are Bradford project, and was on Stonewall's first ace/aro panel.Her short stories have appeared in 'The Forgotten & the Fantastical' and 'Dancing with Mr Darcy', along with many other anthologies and magazines. Her story 'A Short History of the Dream Library' won the James White Award.Elizabeth has appeared at Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival, Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe and Swanwick Writers' Summer School. She lives in Bradford with her husband, daughter and cat.Elizabeth is a romantic asexual and is committed to asexual representation in fiction.Find out more about Elizabeth at: elizabethhopkinson.uk
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