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The Dark Side of Childhood: The Most Messed-Up Children's Books Ever
Were children's books really meant for kids—or were they secretly designed to traumatize an entire generation?
In this hilarious and thought-provoking episode of The Women Are Plotting, Etienne Rose Olivier, Heidi Willis, and Jane Gari revisit the fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and children's books that left lasting emotional scars. From Hansel & Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, The Little Match Girl, and The Giving Tree to Flowers in the Attic, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Lord of the Flies, and the infamous German classic Struwwelpeter, the hosts explore why so many stories from childhood were…
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