Medusa: A modern retelling and feminist synthesis
Location
Library 3152
Event Type
Presentation
Start Date
11-5-2026 7:20 PM
End Date
10-5-2026 8:20 PM
Description
(This presentation was composed and written in Fall 2025, before the recent events in Iran) When presented with our final project, I was given the prompt of looking at a myth through a modern lens. I connected to Greek stories as a child, but now as an adult, I resonate with them--especially the tale of Medusa. I feel in times like these, it is so easy to forget the suffering of ' the secondary sex'. During my time at a Human Rights research program, I learned a lot about the unseen victims of war, women, and children, and the horrible things they were forced to endure. The stories are so gruesome that they are kept out of the public eye, if only to preserve our sense of humanity. I see Medusa in these women. I wanted to tell their story the correct way, with the correct representation. I set Medusa in a war-torn and occupied land where she's forced to endure the leers of the occupying forces and the impossible standards of her culture. I hope to build a sense of empathy and connection for women so often cast aside or who have been permanently marked as sullied in some way. I connect to this topic on many personal levels, as have many women in my life. If you have been struggling yourself, you're not alone. The sun will shine again, and I believe in the end that the bad guys won't win.
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Kristen Bierne
Medusa: A modern retelling and feminist synthesis
Library 3152
(This presentation was composed and written in Fall 2025, before the recent events in Iran) When presented with our final project, I was given the prompt of looking at a myth through a modern lens. I connected to Greek stories as a child, but now as an adult, I resonate with them--especially the tale of Medusa. I feel in times like these, it is so easy to forget the suffering of ' the secondary sex'. During my time at a Human Rights research program, I learned a lot about the unseen victims of war, women, and children, and the horrible things they were forced to endure. The stories are so gruesome that they are kept out of the public eye, if only to preserve our sense of humanity. I see Medusa in these women. I wanted to tell their story the correct way, with the correct representation. I set Medusa in a war-torn and occupied land where she's forced to endure the leers of the occupying forces and the impossible standards of her culture. I hope to build a sense of empathy and connection for women so often cast aside or who have been permanently marked as sullied in some way. I connect to this topic on many personal levels, as have many women in my life. If you have been struggling yourself, you're not alone. The sun will shine again, and I believe in the end that the bad guys won't win.
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Kristen Bierne
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