gender rebels

The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is a tragic tale of love and loss. In this gender-bent version, author and prize-winning poet Elyse John crafts the tale of the warrior-poet [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Find out more about Elyse John’s work and buy Orphia and Eurydicius [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   This episode wouldn’t be possible with out the following sources: She Who Hunts: Artemis: The Goddess Who Changed the World by Carla Inoescu, [...Read More...]

It’s the last episode in our Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology series—and perhaps you’ll agree we saved the best for last. Atalanta was an avatar of an older, wilder [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! First, here is the epic statue of Artemis from Ephesus. Look at all those boobs! Here are the wonderful dogs who have been keeping Genn company as she writes [...Read More...]

When you think of Artemis, what springs to mind? Perhaps it’s a fierce huntress with a bow and arrow, a sort of female Peter Pan—wild and untamed, haunting forests [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   This episode wouldn’t have been possible without these sources:   The Iliad – Homer Shipping in Plato’s Symposium by Juliette Grace [...Read More...]

Intersex people are sometimes featured in Greek mythology in a positive way—for instance, the beautiful child of Aphrodite who became an important part of her entourage. [...Read More...]

We’re calling this series gender rebels of the ancient world—because how could we do a season about sex and sex magic without talking about the magical provenance of [...Read More...]