It’s the 30th anniversary of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which is a great time to talk about the history of the fairytale. Laura von Holt asked Sacha Coward, a mermaid folklorist, to tell her everything he knows about The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen, queer history, mermaids around the world and what mermaids mean today.

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