ABSTRACT
Seeking to bridge the gap at the intersection of fairy-tale and fat studies, this chapter suggests that within numerous fairy-tale media the fat body figures not only as the antithesis to normative fairy-tale bodies and narratives, but as: 1) a condition to overcome on the way to one’s “happily ever after,” 2) a site of fear, 3) an embodiment that is inherently humorous, and 4) a lived experience meant to disrupt the thin-centric fairy-tale norm. By exploring fat fairy-tale representations in film, picture books, video games, and mobile apps, this chapter explores radical possibilities of positive fat fairy-tale reimaginations.
