Gender Swapped Greek Myths

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I read the article and I don’t at all get the impression they’re “dyed in the wool genderists”, making out like “hey this Greek heroine may have actually been a trans man”. What they seem to be doing is highlighting and shining a light on the assumptions people have of what is acceptable behaviour for men / male gods, and acceptable behaviour for women / female gods - and switching them round so the women are behaving in a way that isn’t traditionally feminine, and the men are behaving in a way that isn’t traditionally masculine. Which is of course much more like reality than the mythological and storyline pigeon holes that characters are put into. As with all fairy tales, there's various interpretations, versions and readings, inevitably. The 'wolf' was often a 'were wolf' and in the older versions Red manages to escape by saying she has to pee ... It was interesting for us both to read the author and illustrator notes at the beginning of the book, to see how the algorithm was used to change the stories and which elements had to be adapted manually.

Fransman enjoyed the women who came out of the gender swap. “We now have these super-macho women, Thesea and Odyssea; they’re just awful. I don’t think I realised how badly behaved they were. I mean, Odyssea condemns her entire crew to death because she cannot not boast to the Cyclopsess. When people think of Odysseus and Theseus and Perseus, the male versions, I don’t think they think of them as psychopaths.” Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments 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. I really enjoyed this book, and I found the concept of gender swapping very interesting. It was refreshing to see the women warriors out fighting and the men told to sit inside. Even the language used to describe the genders was different to that typically used in mythology, for example women being described as brave and great. The illustrations were beautiful and interesting and I loved the colour scheme. They really brought the myths to life. The stories were intriguing, easy to read and exciting. My favourites were Odyssea and the Cyclopess because it is very clever, and Pandorus and his Casket. They were funny and light-hearted, so perfect for younger readers as well as older ones. I feel very well informed about Greek mythology and would definitely recommend it to a friend! Grace B, 14 The result is a collection of stories where the woman isn't sitting around waiting to be rescued, or waiting for years for her beloved to return, or pliably taking whatever fate is dished out for her by the men around her.

The Greek myths were first told thousands of years ago, by poets and singers who wanted to tell how the world came to be. These brilliant stories are full of adventure and drama, but they also explore our deepest fears and fantasies. There's a reason these myths still feel so powerful - they've formed the foundations of narratives and archetypes that we see in books and on our screens even today.

Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - Jonathan had just become a father to a daughter and was starting to think about the world she would grow up in. As a ‘digital inventor’, he wondered if he could invent something that would allow people to see the world in a different light and expose the power imbalances ingrained in our society. He set about creating a computer algorithm that swapped all the gender of any text - turning ‘he’ to ‘she’, ‘Mother’ to ‘Father’ and ‘Hero’ to ‘Heroine’.They’re talking to me on a video call, sitting on their bed, “like John and Yoko”, laughs Fransman, letting slip a little unconscious bias, which she readily confesses to. It comes out when she’s with her four-year-old daughter, too, “referring to animals as male – Hello Mr Magpie – or assuming the school photographer is a man, and I think I’m a switched on card-carrying feminist!”