She moved to a foreign land for that shithead, Jason, who had used Eros (Cupid) and Aphrodite to manipulate Medea into falling in love with him. She betrayed her natal family for him, she birthed him two good-for-nothing sons, and, according to Apollodorus' Argonautica, she is straight up the reason that Jason was able to steal the golden fleece, and do all his other exploits.

• "But she killed her brother, Apsyrtus." Sibling rivalry, simple as. Apsyrtus should've got good.

• "She tricked Pelias' daughters into killing him." Fucker had it coming.

• "She murdered Glauce/Creusa (same person, different names.)" Yeah, that was a bit rude of her, considering she probably had no choice in being The Other Woman of Jason, Medea's husband. But! She took out Creon, the king of Corinth at the same time, anarchistic icon.

• "She killed her own sons!" Fuck them kids. Besides, Euripides probably straight up invented that for his play, as most pre-Euripidean sources show no mention of her killing her own kids. Though, post-Euripidean source show her doing it with ✨style✨, so she gets a free pass.

In conclusion, she gaslit, gatekept, and girlbossed a little too hard, sure, but she did nothing wrong. She was given magical powers by Hecate, and was the granddaughter of the sun god, Helios. She's still the most chill demi-god (sorta???) in the Hellenic mythos.

Pic of my sleepy dog because I'm going to end up being a dog mom and that's just fine. I just want to isolate from society outside of work. Not sure if this is healthy or just the nature of our political environment.

Anyone else in this position ? Feels so conflicting with the way I was raised - it feels odd.

I did one about academia a couple of years ago but I've seen so many related bullshit lately that I thought it was time for an update