Barbie dolls, fairy tales & legends of the fall...

Inspired by Tina Louise's ~ I kissed a frog

Barbie dolls, fairy tales & legends 

sure do mess up a poor girl's head

white knights in suits of savior's armor

slimy frogs that turn to worthy prince's

lost slippers that make a future bright

Cinderfuckingrella found a fella,

dancing in magic soot

poison apples that bite and tell,

shot imagination in the foot 

what's a snow white gal to do

when Mr charming turns into the big bad wolf

rich man, poor man, pick your own toxin,

fairy tales, schreamy tales

give us some good ol' boy's 

G.I. Joe ammunition,

 

so we at least have

 a fighting chance in hell !

Author's Note

Reviews

[KWP]

woah mumma, i was never a barbie kind of gal, always played with cars and trucks, played softball and basketball, rode my bike all through the cane fields, played cricket with my dad, I guess I was raised in a 'you can have anything you want' kinda a way 'you just gotta go out there and grab it'

I am not so certain that Barbie was a gypsy, instead she perhaps demanded that her hair be just right she wore only the best clothing, lets face it her b***s and butt were always in magnificent shape too, I am imagining that once a week she had her nails done 'just the right shade of pink' and she probably expected to have Ken pay for everything ( I wonder what Ken did for employment, the poor bugger) having owned and sold two businesses in hospitality I worked damned hard and never expected anything from anyone, my road was always going to be hard fought, but I wouldn't change the experience for a single moment in time

what's the saying .... you reap what you sow ... d****t gals if you want a decent life, a loving man, to be surrounded by unconditional love then just put it out there, ask the universe ... believe to recieve...

and yes I agree with you Frieda on what Mad Englishman said ... Even though I am the biggest Tomboy I know I would never trade being a woman for anything :)

having said all that ... a very worth rant indeedy .....

perhaps we need some modern day Fairy Tales to reflect the reality in which we all now live ;)

[Frieda P]

Oooh you made my morning Betty, you put a lot of thought into this....I concur, but that's not the message we get from these tales, they hardly promote a young girls self-worth...the new ones might be a tad scary, not sure which is worse, reality or fairy tales ;)

[Ruth]

I do love your imagination :) I always said there's something dodgy about fairy tales you know ;) ♥

[Frieda P]

Ha you know it! Thanks Poppy. :) xox

[Rita L. Sev]

Those fairy tales need to come with a disclaimer - something like "Happily ever after is not guaranteed..." You blew me away with this one, Frieda!

Reminds me of a favorite "twisted tale", called The Paper Bag Princess. That's one I would read to my daughter (if I had one...) along with this poem.

[Frieda P]

Woo grazie mille Rita!

[Horizon K.]

Adorable-- reminds me of a book -- Cinderella ate my daughter-- I think, about how this Disney princess culture causes young girls to grow up thinking that being pretty and daydreaming of Prince Charming should be thier values-- so detrimental to thier seeing themselves just as capable and equal in a relationship as men-- glad I grew up with Legos and trees to climb, and that Voltron, was my fave cartoon.

Anyway, I could write an essay about how much I can't stand Hollywoods depiction of romance, that causes women to wait for men to make all the big decisions... A man on his knees with a diamond ring-- asking her to marry him-- (it's a surprise discussion! Should she say Yes?!).
I vomit every time...

Loved this, Frieda!

[Frieda P]

Ha that sounds like a good book...at least we as adults know Hollywood is all frou-frou and for sheer entertainment, thanks for your in-depth review Horizon...!

[Horizon K.]

Lol, I don't think most adults know!!!

[Frieda P]

Laughing here, I stand corrected, you're probably right now that I think about it! :)

[Sophy Freebirds]

Flowing gowns,prince charming they are all illusion,when you go near it,it disappears just like mirage.Very well penned Freida .we need to make the kiddos of this age aware to face the fact.. ;) Nice theme. Duhh!! Who needs to eat poison apple ;)

~Sophy

[Frieda P]

Yep, I passed on the poison apple too, thanks Sophy :)

[Lyn Anderson]

I absolutely loved this one. I tried to review on my phone and had trouble, and had to come back to it. Of course, you would know this one would be a fave of mine. It breaks my heart when my kids tell me they don't want to get married -- the juxtaposition of fantasy and reality has kids under 10 screwed up already.

[Frieda P]

Thanks KL...you know they're going to say that after the split, but living in a fantasy doesn't help either...

[Tree]

Powerful. Who knows the damage the fairy tale / perfection causes us when we're small, maybe, causing us to overreach when we get big, and not all of us, are prepared for those very real disappointments, that await us all...
A real provoking piece, Frieda, and, I hung around to listen to Tori sing for a while, too.

Thank you, for sharing this.

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much Diego, glad you stuck around for Tori too, she's really talented...

[Vidya Bacchus]

I loved this chica. From childhood we have this vision of how life will be from our favorite fairytales.The prince and the glass slipper and ooohhh the "happily ever after" all lies, now you grow up and realize that isn't life at all.

[Frieda P]

So true, nothing is as it seems, and life is difficult, we need that story to be told...thanks pazzo! Although I'd keep the shoe part in ;)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Lol....yes let's keep the shoes.You are welcome chica :)

[Frieda P]

But of course....enjoy your Sunday pazzo! :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

I hope you had a great Sunday chica.I spent mine watching "Game of thrones: lol

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

This screams BANG! I loved it, it's very creative Frieda. Very well put, brilliantly written.

Kaze~

[Frieda P]

Thanks Kazie! :) x

[♔ CrownedDevil ☾]

Your very welcome, Frieda. :-) x

[Aunre]

Love it, FP. Yes, I was once inspired with the thought of putting "something" into a kitchen appliance but common sense told me I would probably disagree with probable consequences. This is all about jagged contrast and I can really appreciate the distant angst.