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This is the Sorceress/Mother Gothel episode of The Monstrous Woman Podcast! In the third part of our Fairy Tale series Quinn and Megan discuss the interpretations of The Grimm Brothers' Sorceress from excellent gardener to overbearing mother to Stephen Sondheim character.

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For this episode we pulled from:

1. Mother Gothel being obsessed with not aging yet the hair also seems to give her immortal life
2. Changing it to a kidnapping to make her more evil
3. Does Mother Gothel love Rapunzel?
4. Is mother Gothel a redeemable character?
5. Stories with no positive female relationships of consequence
6. It’s interesting that Mother Gothel is villainized for hoarding the flower’s magic but when they were getting the flower for the queen they didn’t have plans to share either
7. Mother Gothel can’t actually win here because if she allows herself to age normally she’ll be shunned as all women are, they just don’t want to know how she keeps herself young
8. Blonde being magical and Mother Gothel’s thick black curly hair signaling her being a villian

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Quinn Albert is also an embroiderer, to see her wonderful work you can follow along on Instagram @onquinnsandneedles.