Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling: And Other Feminist Fairy Tales [Hardcover]

You know what? It's super creepy to kiss a woman who is unconscious. And you know what else? The way out of poverty isn't by marrying a rich dude -- or by wearing fragile footwear, for that matter. And while we're at it, why is the only woman who lives with seven men expected to do the cooking, cleaning, and laundry?

Fairytales need a reboot, and comedy queens Laura Lane and Ellen Haun are the women to do it. InCinderella and the Glass Ceiling, they offer a rollicking parody of classic (read: patriarchal) tales that turns sweet, submissive princesses into women who are perfectly capable of being the heroes of their own stories. Mulan climbs the ranks in the army but wages a different war when she finds out she's getting paid less than her fellow male captains, Wendy learns never to trust a man-boy stalking her window, Sleeping Beauty's prince gets a lesson in consent, and more.

Busting with laugh-out-loud, razor-sharp twists to these outdated tales,Cinderella and the Glass Ceilingis fun, magical, necessary, and totally woke.

Laura Laneis a comedy writer, performer, journalist, and author. She's written forPeople,McSweeney's, theNew Yorker's Daily Shouts, ESPN,Esquire,Vanity Fair, andCosmopolitan. Her bookThis Is Why You're Singlewas optioned for TV and has been covered by theNew York Times, theL.A. Times,The Washington Post, andBustle. She co-hosts theThis Is Why You're Singlepodcast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Ellen Haunis a writer, actor and comedian. She plays the hapless law student Ms. Chapin on ABC'sHow to Get Away with Murder. Ellen wrote, produced and starred in the web seriesOMGHIand the short filmNo Limes. She has perlÃ"