Jean Menzies

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“it is not uncommon to see the ‘maiden’ goddesses reimagined as lesbians by both modern writers and worshippers.”

“drawing a parallel between the modern and ancient experience of having your queerness dismissed because it isn’t relevant to men.”

"in other ancient sources, for example the iliad, there's a certain amount of reference to homoerotic tenderness."

"it's not that there are no longer threats to the lgbtqia+ community, but that the continued presence of these attitudes is why the prominence of these retellings is so important."

"all too often it still feels like lgbtqia+ characters are sidelined in fantasy stories where their trauma isn't the central theme, as though a book has to be queer for a reason; it has to be the central point of the story."

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