Love the article on Beauty and the Beast - it reminds me of the arguments I had when it came out with friends. We split into two camps: the "but she's allowed to read books, and she blows off the handsome but controlling guy" camp, and the "hang on a minute, he imprisons her but then true love triumphs - it's like an instruction manual in training women to stay in abusive relationships" camp.
Talking of which, I came across this the other day - : "It's a tale as old as Stockholm syndrome..."