This week, we sit down with Luna McNamara. Harvard-trained scholar, social worker, and author of The Witch and the Huntress, Luna talks about reclaiming the women of Greek mythology. We dig into her research process, the rotating POV structure that maps each character's inner world, the gender dynamics baked into ancient myth, and why Greek mythology is such fertile ground for queer and sapphic storytelling.
In this episode
- Research vs. creative liberty in retelling Greek myth
- The Odyssey as inspiration for Medea, Atalanta, and Jason
- How shifting POV (first, second, third person) shapes the story
- Women "too strong" for their husbands — then and now
- Bringing sapphic representation into a retelling space
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