Articles by Jenny Williamson

In ancient Rome, there were a lot of eunuchs. Some were enslaved, some were free; some were members of religious cults, some were not. No study of queer history in ancient [...Read More...]

Intersex people are sometimes featured in Greek mythology in a positive way—for instance, the beautiful child of Aphrodite who became an important part of her entourage. [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: The Historia Augusta (David Magie translation) Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History (C.H. Oldfather translation) Julius [...Read More...]

We are SO excited to announce that we have a book coming out in August 2022! Our book, Women of Myth, will be available worldwide from Simon and Schuster. Listen in as we [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: Cassius Dio’s Roman History (Earnest Cary translation) The Historia Augusta (David Magie translation) Catullus: Cybele and [...Read More...]

Join us for a deep dive into queer history in ancient Greece and Rome. This week, we focus on transgender men and women. It’s a common belief that being trans is [...Read More...]

We’re calling this series gender rebels of the ancient world—because how could we do a season about sex and sex magic without talking about the magical provenance of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: Plato’s Symposium (Benjamin Jowett translation) Ovid’s Metamorphosis (A.S. Kline translation) The Republic of Plato [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Check out Sweetbitter’s upcoming season on pirates! More relevant links: @alyseknorr seriously though it’s true. #pirateshanty #pirateshantytiktok [...Read More...]

She’s the Tenth Muse, Western literature’s first lyric poet, and a woman who openly, unabashedly loved women and wrote about it–in an extremely patriarchal [...Read More...]