“Crazy women, whores, witches, ballbusters, manipulators… In short, BAD. This is the box in which we put women, sometimes from childhood, as soon as they cross the line. Fed up with fairy tales and fed up with Hollywood cinema, the Spanish author and illustrator María Hesse (Frida Kahlo, Desire, Marilyn) goes back to antiquity to tell in its own way how women have been conditioned over the centuries not to cross the limits imposed by patriarchy. From great philosophers to science fiction filmmakers, from Greek myths to romantic comedies, from the Old Testament to pop songs, from children’s stories to film noir: it’s all there! Adorned with magnificent illustrations in lush colors and shapes, sometimes disheveled, including a few factual errors, this graphic essay asserts with firmness, vigor and humor the rehabilitation of historical, mythical and literary figures as well as the creation of positive role models.
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