Storyological 3.08 - A CINDERELLA STORY

In which we discuss GERD, THE GIRL WITH TOO MANY ARMS by Zachary Doss and THE THANKLESS CHILD by Daniel Mallory Ortberg, along with, among other things, Aimee Bender, magical vacuum cleaners, and Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors."

In which we discuss,

2. “The Thankless Child” by Daniel Mallory Ortberg, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, 2018.

along with, among other things…

The stories of Aimee Bender
Dolly Parton and her “Coat of Many Colors” (video)
Star wars, myth, and fairy tales
Linear regression and the function of stories
Disney’s Cinderella (video)
That one interview we did with Alyssa Wong
Magical trees and bushes and Cinderella
Naomi Novik’s, Spinning Silver
Hegemony, one definition of
Magic vacuum cleaners (I couldn’t find a link for this but rest assured we do talk about it)
Fairy tale logic is, among other things, a poem by A.E. Stallings

Also. Also.

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