Author: Theophanes Avery
The Great Baby-Eating Billionaire Debate
What on earth does a baby-eating billionaire have to do with how we see gender in the US?
America’s First Great Social Experiment – The Colony at Merrymount
In 1624 a progressive utopia was formed in the American colonies that embraced anyone and everyone who was a little different.
Polyandry: The Most Taboo Type of Marriage?
The history of marriages between one woman and multiple men.
Achilles in Heels has been Published!
I must admit that I haven’t written much in this blog since starting it because I am always nervous about stepping on anyone’s toes. I’m…
You Sexy Devil – The Story of the Genie du Maal
Fondly remembering the days when Lucifer was the most beautiful (and possibly most androgynous) of all the angels. A tongue-in-cheek lesson in art history.
The Birds and the Bees… as Taught by Birds and Bees
Gather ’round! It’s time to learn some important life lessons about sex, love, marriage…. and penguin prostitution! Wait, what?
A Short History of Gender Bending Trickster Gods
What does our collective history have to tell us about gender, sex changes,, and trickery? A lot. Click to find out what…
Iphis & Lanthe – A Marriage in Gender Fuckery
Once upon a time there was a poor farmer, Ligdus, who was married to a terribly patient and rather ingenious woman named Telethusa. They were…
That Time when Achilles’ Mom Threw a Dress on Him and Started Telling Everyone his name was Pyrrah…
There are a few lesser known traditions that detail the childhood of one of Greek mythology’s greatest war heroes: Achilles. This may not sound all…
The Strange Case of Loki and his Eight-Legged Horse Baby
One of my favorite gender bending tales goes back to Norse legend. It has all the big names of the time – Odin, Freya, Loki,…