seanan_mcguire has a great blog post up: What do Disney princesses and urban fantasy girls have in common? Although she's talking about the princesses, and not fairy tales in particular, there aren't very many princesses that don't star in their own fairy tale. And I think her conclusion can be applied just as well to the rash of fairy tale retellings, both in adult fantasy and YA.
It wasn't until I read the book Cinderella Ate My Daughter that I noticed the creepiest thing about the Disney princesses: they never look at each other. Get six of them in a group, and they will all strike independent poses, they will all gaze at independent points off in the distance. They never make eye contact. They never acknowledge each other in any way. Why?
