Sonia Saraiya writes about the perils of being a liberated woman in an animated world.

Back in 1938, women who applied for animation jobs at Disney were destined to receive a visually attractive but ultimately depressing rejection letter like the one below — a missive in which it was advised to instead shoot for a lower star in the tracing department; a place where, it seems, ladies could be trusted with ink.

How do you view Cinderella? Is she a good role model? What would Stacy and Clinton say about all this? It's all about perspective.