01. Ever After

Welcome to the very first episode of Girlhood Movie Database! We’re so thankful you’re here as we discuss the underrated 90s GEM of a film, EVER AFTER (1998). Maggie shares her lifelong love of Drew Barrymore (which she proves via a reading from her teenage diary), Marin laments her young self’s lack of appreciation for the film, and we talk about how this re-telling of Cinderella diverges from other versions of the fairytale to give us characters, friendships, and romance worth rooting for. 

 

Secondary texts referenced:

Wildflower by Drew Barrymore

“Cinderella” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks

“Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper” by Charles Perrault

Archetypal Patterns in Women’s Fiction by Annis Pratt

Melanie Lynskey interview on Fresh Air

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