Gender Swapped Greek Myths
Gender Swapped Greek Myths
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'Thought-provoking and charmingly rendered.' Guardian Imagine a world where seductive male sirens lure brave heroines to their death, where Icara and her mother fly too close to the sun, and where beautiful men are forced to wed underworld queens... For thousands of years, Greek myths have been told and retold. In these stories, brutality and bravery are reserved for men, while women are wicked witches or helpless maidens. Today, these myths continue to shape our ideas about justice, tragedy and what makes a hero's journey. Karrie and Jonathan love these stories, and have found a way to breathe new life into them by making one crucial change... Following the incredible success of Gender Swapped Fairy Tales they have taken that same simple step. They haven't rewritten the stories in this book. They haven't reimagined the endings, or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders. You'll be enchanted by the refreshing world this swap creates - and thunderstruck by the new characters you're about to discover.
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I hate read this. The only redeeming factor is the illustrations. I had read the fairy tale version( all so rubbish) of this and was let down but when this was available at the library I had to look at it. its somehow worse, the stories are gender-bent using an algorithm which means there's no substance and nuance to the myths removing actual women from stories and creating women from problematic heroes without any commentary the authors themselves seem to think this great modern empowering and innovative when its a shitty, lazy cash grab (the physical book selling for £20)