In Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Medusa is portrayed with a nuanced backstory that aligns closely with the original myth. The current depiction in the series aligns with the later versions of Greek ...

Revisiting Greek myths with a female perspective has become something of a publishing trend in recent years. Debut author Lauren J.A. Bear adds “Medusa’s Sisters” to a growing shelf of ...

Medusa may be one of the more famous characters in Greek mythology. Most people can call to mind what the name means: a woman with snakes for hair, who’s so ugly she turns men to stone when they face ...

She is the original nasty woman. The mythical man-eater Medusa and a host of other female figures from antiquity will snake center stage in an all-women dance performance starting this weekend in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The #MeToo movement is one of the most powerful feminist movements in the 21st century. A social movement against sexual abuse and sexual harassment, it finally publicised allegations of sex crimes ...