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* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: From the Westernization of traditionally non-Western fairy tales (i-.e. [[One Thousand and One Nights|Aladdin]] to "Ala Dean"), to a character named Baron Wrathchild (probably a pun on the famous [[wikipedia:Lionel_de_Rothschild|Baron Rothschild]], but since Rothschild was a Jew the joke can be seen as anti-Semitic), to an aspiring witch wanting to learn the methods of an oracle she knows is fraudulent so she can con people better, the book is littered with those.

* [[Values Dissonance]]: A lot of the feminist values in the anthology, particularly the repeated morals that women are special because they can give birth and have periods, were popular points in second wave feminism. This is seen as very exclusionary by modern standards, as it ignores women who are sterile, don't want children, are homosexual/bisexual, or are trans. It also comes across as very outdated -- and even reactionarily pre-feminist -- for suggesting that pregnancy and childbirth are the most important things a woman can do.

 

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