Join C and John on an electrifying Halloween biographical tour of the Mother of Science Fiction, Mary Shelley! From her parents to her rocky and ultimately tragic love life and then right past all that and into who she was and what she wrote. Mary Shelley was more than Frankenstein, so much more than just the inventor of a genre and definitely a lo…

In this month's episode C and John go Greek and tackle the myths surrounding Hera and her trashbag of a husband (and king of the gods) Zeus. Because Hera doesn't have a lot of myths outside of Zeus and of course there's a reason for that and the reason is because she's a woman. Even the mythical queen of the gods can't escape misogyny. But, in her …

Hall. Virginia Hall. To celebrate disability awareness month, we pay homage to top spy of WW2, hero to the Vichy Resistance, master of linguistics, espionage aficionado, and all around badass, Virginia Hall. She kicked more Nazi ass than any other spy and with only one leg. Learn about the woman who would give James Bond a run for his money. Her st…

Camelot! King Arthur! Guinevere! Morgan Le Faye! This episode C and John tackle Arthuriana and take on the tale of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight! What it means, the mystery behind the author, the connections to nature, and, most of all, the queer undercurrents of the classic poem. Yep, it’s a special Pride episode where we also talk about lgbtia+…

Baba Yaga! The old witch of the woods, but she wasn't always that way. Her stories are shaped by those who told them and now Mythsogyny is taking a crack at those tales. Examine Baba Yaga's name, lifestyle, her infamous chicken legged hut, and of course her dark appetites. References https://www.thecambridgelanguagecollective.com/europe/baba-yaga h…

Hatshepsut is a controversial pharaoh and it's purely because she was a pharaoh and one of the greatest by most accounts (and in our opinion). Join us as we examine her life, legacy, and the misogyny that tainted both and led to her nearly being erased from history. *Note: Senenmut actually died before Hatshepsut, but he still faced the brunt of th…

Pandora! The first woman and the first woman that men hated. Funny how that works out. Join C and John as they explore the Ancient Greek myth of the first woman, rom her humble origins as a punishment to all men to inspiring other myths about women ruining everything. Theme is Ancient Wind from Harumachi via Pixabay Recipe available on Tiktok @Myth…

An introductory jaunt into the world of mythsogyny that introduces our earnest hosts, C. Alexandra and John Cherry Cordial.द्वारा Mythsogyny