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14 hours agoPragmata Is Breaking The Internet And Not In All Good Ways
Concerns about the character Diana in Pragmata highlight issues of sexualization and differing perceptions between genders.
In the Middle Ages, the moon was often imagined as a radiant and alluring deity. We will look at medieval literary and artistic depictions of two moon goddesses from different parts of the world: Chang'e and Diana. Both Chang'e and Diana are presented as deeply powerful and immensely beautiful, and they appear in many different contexts. What follows draws on research from my new book The Medieval Moon: A History of Haunting and Blessing, which studies the moon from a global perspective.