Extreme Makeover: Fairy Godmother Edition
Imaginary Worlds
The Invisibility of the Fairy Godmother
The invisibility of fairy godmothers as mentor figures might be due to how American and Western culture in general doesn't have a lot of use for older women. A lot of people have argued that she helps the protagonists too much. Gail Carson Levine thinks that made sense in the 17th century.
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