This month we get up close and personal with classical literatures model wife and unpack her nuance, proving how relevant she is to modern culture. Penelope, wife of the daring Odysseus, but while he's off on his adventures, whose ruling his kingdom, bringing up his son and protecting his people with the odds stacked against her?
Content warning: contains references to violence against women and some spoilers for Margaret Atwoods 'The Penelopiad'.
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Greek Myth Retellings Book List:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/109hF2hqGJGhB5qkmAs3uNOmrcsB0QYyw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107562735672685003952&rtpof=true&sd=true
The Guilty Feminist Podcast: https://guiltyfeminist.com/episodes/
The People Versus (Band) @ThePeopleVersusMusic
Wendy Rule, The Lotus Eaters (Album)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nS6OCwPpPix8SXcu69ulsSIitWjumI98Y
Books:
Clare Heywood, The Shadow of Perseus
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61240284-the-shadow-of-perseus
Natalie Haynes, Divine Might/Pandora’s Jar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123851747-divine-might
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51135393-pandora-s-jar
Caitlin Moran, More than a Woman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49397893-more-than-a-woman
Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61361681-clytemnestra
Claire North, Ithaca
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59416521-ithaca
Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17645.The_Penelopiad
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