Loved this post! I was into Greek Mythology growing up and came to a point in high school where I realized how insanely patriarchal a lot of these myths are. Literally, starting wars for the "hand" of a woman, I always thought "okay well what does she think???" I am glad Miller expanded on this, I am loving the contemporary retellings of myths. If you want to learn more mythology I love the podcast "let's talk about myths baby!" (mythology told through a feminist lens) or if you want another contemporary story, I loved (the ending really) "The Red Haired Woman" by Orhan Pamuk. It's a Turkish novel which explores the western myth of Oedipus and the eastern myth of Sohrab!
Thanks for the recs!! I actually have the podcast saved but haven’t listened to much of it yet. The novel also sounds really interesting with the way it explores different cultures. I definitely want to do more reading that isn’t exclusively European-centered.
Great article , just remember it's fiction , and written many years ago . Respect for one another was infantile back then and we've made alot of progress as we've matured as humans.
The sexual innuendo is just lame. The misogyny is lazy and bores me to the core. Miller’s tale sounds much more interesting!!
her story really is so much cooler! i liked her novel a lot more than i anticipated i would
Loved this post! I was into Greek Mythology growing up and came to a point in high school where I realized how insanely patriarchal a lot of these myths are. Literally, starting wars for the "hand" of a woman, I always thought "okay well what does she think???" I am glad Miller expanded on this, I am loving the contemporary retellings of myths. If you want to learn more mythology I love the podcast "let's talk about myths baby!" (mythology told through a feminist lens) or if you want another contemporary story, I loved (the ending really) "The Red Haired Woman" by Orhan Pamuk. It's a Turkish novel which explores the western myth of Oedipus and the eastern myth of Sohrab!
Thanks for the recs!! I actually have the podcast saved but haven’t listened to much of it yet. The novel also sounds really interesting with the way it explores different cultures. I definitely want to do more reading that isn’t exclusively European-centered.
Great article , just remember it's fiction , and written many years ago . Respect for one another was infantile back then and we've made alot of progress as we've matured as humans.
Good job on the words chosen to express yourself.
thanks!