I was out walking this morning, un-characteristically strapped into my ipod, listening to an interview. I say un-characteristically because I’m typically too interested in hearing birds, or working through something in my mind to listen to other things. That, and figuring out where the ipod is, if it’s charged, and how I can keep it attached to me while walking is usually 3 things too many.

I’m trying to get better at giving myself the things that feed my mind. I run on fumes so much of the time, and I seriously need to keep myself fueled. So this morning, I queued up On Being and hit the road.

I landed on an episode about fairy tales.

In my life Before, this would have been great. But as I walked and listened this morning, I found myself getting more and more annoyed. The woman interviewed kept talking about how fairy tales tell us that good always wins, and that the heroine always defeats the monster.

This is such utter junk.

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