April Foolishness: Hella Cinderella
The fairy tale was about to come true. Cinderella was about to get her wish.
But wait a second, what was Cinderella’s wish, anyway?
It wasn’t actually to marry some damn prince, nor to wear some crazy-ass glass slippers (which seem hella uncomfortable, don’t you think?) to a damn ball.
She just wanted not to be picked on, bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters.
She wanted to be treated as an equal. Was that really so much to ask?
Even in modern times, is that really so much for a woman to ask?
Cinderella’s real wish was for equality. She wanted to leave behind all the damn drudgery of cooking and cleaning and waiting hand and foot on her family – her equals. She wanted everyone to partake in doing the dishes and folding the laundry, and sweeping out the effing chimney. Or at least hiring some hot chimney sweeps with Cockney accents.
Seriously. I would pay double for that kind of service.
Anyway, if Cinderella was really about to get her real wish, that meant women were about to become magically equal in the eyes of the law. Everybody would pull their weight, do their share, and get paid a living wage.
Cinderella was in the ballot box, and she was ready to cast her vote. She was Feeling the Bern. She cast her ballot, and sparked a flame.
And no matter what the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election, she knew she’d started a revolution. She knew there was no Fairy Godmother to wait for, to wish for or hope for. She knew the power lay in her own hands, her own choices. And she was about to shove that broom right up her evil stepmother’s hooha.
You want a modern fairytale? Look around. Every day is a new chapter in a Grimm book of stories.
Write your own happy ending.
Don’t miss a single story!
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