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I love blogs. I’m not really into technology, but somehow, blogs completely captivate me. You can figure out in a few posts what people value and cherish, you can figure out who loves the experience of writing and sharing their work, and you can figure out who just wants to make a couple of bucks.

Blogging is also intense. There’s constant pressure to be new and entertaining while still remaining true to your core audience, the people you found you and loved you from the very first post they read. I felt a similar pressure when writing blog posts for this class. How do I write about fairy tales while still being myself? How can I make fairy tales relevant to my life?

Turns out the task wasn’t too difficult. References to fairy tales are literally everywhere. In addition, fairy tales influence some of the most important aspects of our lives: our gender identity, the expectations we have from our partner, our sexual orientation, the way dating, marriage, and “happily ever after” should be. I found myself continually discussing topics I want to explore in my future career. In addition, I found myself constantly debating whether we are a reflection of fairy tales or whether fairy tales are a reflection of ourselves. Are men and women truly so different or have we become that way because of the roles we are required to play? Isn’t the world we live in socially constructed? Didn’t we create fairy tales, and as a result, create ourselves?

In conclusion, I have truly enjoyed this aspect of the class, though, at times, I did go struggle to find a topic to blog about (fairy tale shampoo = struggle city).

Corbys?