From the renaissance to the pre-raphaelites, to women's political mobilisation, fashion and tattoos- Medusa has always been relevant. The journey that the symbol of Medusa has gone on can teach us that feminist reimaginings of core social stories help us understand the roles and spaces women have been confined to throughout history, and how to deconstruct them. Let's walk through her history and learn how Medusa was reborn.

Sources:

Shearman, John. Art Or Politics in the Piazza? Benvenuto Cellini. Kunst und Kunsttheorie im 16. Jahrhundert (2003): 19–36

Cixous, Hélène, et al. “The Laugh of the Medusa.” Signs, vol. 1, no. 4, 1976, pp. 875–93. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3173239. Accessed 25 Sept. 2023.

http://preraphaelitesisterhood.com/aspecta-medusa/

Kiefer, Frederick, ed. Masculinities and Femininities in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 23. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2009.

Wendy Pollard Pamela Hansford Johnson: Her Life, Work and Times (Shepeard-Walwyn, UK, 2014)

Sitwell, Edith. The Collected Poems of Edith Sitwell. Vanguard Press, Inc., 1968.

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The Rebirth of Medusa in Art:

Literature:

• Stone Blind, Natalia Haynes.
• Medusa, Louise Bogan. 
• Medusa, Carol-Ann Duffy

Sculpture:

• Medusa, Camille Claudel
• Medusa, Kiki Smith

Photography:

• Medusa, Cindy Sherman

Mixed Media:

• Medusa, Joyce Cutler-Shaw
• Medusa, Judy Chicago
• Medusa, Yayoi Kusama
• Medusa, Ghada Amer

Performing Arts:

• Medusa, Ana Mendieta

Serious book people don't like fan fiction...but should they? The history of reimagining stories (and making them a little spicy) is anything but brief. From Medieval Mystics and Jesus Christ all the way to Drive to Survive, there’s actually a reason behind fanfiction. Let's chat about it!

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Sources:

Kempe Margery and Lynn Staley. The Book of Margery Kempe. Published for TEAMS (the Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) in Association with the University of Rochester by Medieval Institute Publications Western Michigan University 1996.

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA361553270&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=12192589&p=LitRC&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7Ed331d65f&aty=open-web-entry

Mixer, Lindsay M., "And then they boned: an analysis of fanfiction and its influence on sexual development" (2018). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 131.

Higgs, Laquita. “Margery Kempe: ‘Whete-Breed or Barly-Breed?’” Mystics Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, 1987, pp. 57–64. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20716791. Accessed 10 Aug. 2023.

Stampa, Gaspara (1994). Laura Anna Stortoni; Mary Prentice Lillie (eds.). Gaspara Stampa: Selected Poems. New York: Italica Press.

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/02/surprising-18th-century-origins-fan-fiction/606532/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/13/fan-fiction-fifty-shades-grey

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The biggest colour of the 2023 summer has many stories to tell. One of them takes us to Mexico in the early 20th century, where the palette of a nation's identity begins to take shape. In fashion, architecture, advertisements, and even taxis, pink is everywhere in Mexico. This is the story of why.

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Sources:

https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/14374/valentino-pink-pp-pierpaolo-piccioli-show-collection-2022-aw22-fw-22

​​https://www.anahuac.mx/generacion-anahuac/la-historia-detras-del-rosa-mexicano#:~:text=M%C3%A1s%20que%20un%20color%20espec%C3%ADfico,nacional%20en%20los%20escenarios%20internacionales.

https://www.katarsiamoda.com/rosa-mexicano/

https://www.thecollector.com/vantablack-anish-kapoor-stuart-semple-controversy/

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