The New Classics [Still Need To Figure Out a Better Title] (Patreon)

Why We Needed To Relearn The Classics [Title Help]

If you walk into a bookstore and look at new releases you are very likely to see at least one or two feminist retellings of Greek mythological figures. From Medusa to Clytemnestra to Penelope, we are seeing the new boom of retellings. But it is not new. What does this new generation of reimagined classics say about the moment we are in and the limitations of trend reimagining versus the way we learn these stories in an academic setting? Social Media Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes Sources & Links: https://qz.com/quartzy/1408600/the-medusa-statue-that-became-a-symbol-of-feminist-rage https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/design/medusa-statue-manhattan.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_of_Paris https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/emily-wilson-on-porous-boundaries-and-the-world-of-homer/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-first-english-translation-of-the-odyssey-by-a-woman-was-worth-the-wait/2017/11/16/692cdf82-c59a-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html Music & Clips : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcV90cya1Y https://youtu.be/jvU4xWsN7-A Now We Fight by Bonnie Grace labour by Paris Paloma Derry Girls Hercules & Xena the Battle for Mount Olympus Poison by Bell Biv DeVoe Supplementary Reading Material: (1) The Oedipus Complex, Antigone, and Electra: The Woman as Hero and Victim Dorothy Willner American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 58-78 (21 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/675950 (2) Women in Greek Myth MARY R. LEFKOWITZ The American Scholar, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Spring 1985), pp. 207-219 (13 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/41211188 (3) Greek Attitudes towards Women: The Mythological Evidence P. Walcot Greece & Rome, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Apr., 1984), pp. 37-47 (11 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/642368 (4) Medusa and the Female Gaze Susan R. Bowers NWSA Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1990), pp. 217-235 (19 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/4316018 (5) Seclusion, Separation, and the Status of Women in Classical Athens David Cohen Greece & Rome, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Apr., 1989), pp. 3-15 (13 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/643180