Folklore & Women
How have myths and fairytales shaped feminist thought? Explore the power of folklore, its symbols, and role in today's society when Seed Talks return to The Glee Club Glasgow with Folklore & Women.
About Folklore & Women
| 14th October 2025 | |
| 6.30pm | |
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Glee Club Glasgow 11 Renfrew Street, Glasgow City Centre G2 3AB what3words location: tricks.guess.pint |
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£14 + BF Find Tickets |
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For centuries, feminist writers and thinkers have turned to myths, legends, fairytales, religious stories, and cultural traditions to make sense of women’s experiences. All of these come under the umbrella of ‘folklore’. This talk will explore the enduring relevance of folklore, asking how these stories can be reclaimed and reimagined for the 21st-century feminist.
We’ll trace figures like the witch, the shapeshifter, and the maiden across different traditions, examining the societal norms they were created to enforce and how feminist thinkers have reshaped them into symbols of resistance and possibility.
Finally, we will ask why we continually return to ancient stories to tell new ones — does this suggest that we’re out of new stories, or is it a part of a longstanding literary tradition in women’s writing, to look back, to subvert dominant myths, and to challenge the patriarchal ideas embedded in our society?
Doors open at 6:30pm, last entry is at 7pm, talk starts at 7.30pm - come down early to grab a good seat!
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