If you've been on TikTok at all, you've seen a Medusa tattoo. Most commonly but not exclusively on women, Medusa tattoos have grown in popularity over the past several years for several reasons: ...

For fans of Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” books, Medusa represents one of Percy’s first big victories: After being tricked into spending time with “Aunty Em,” he beheads the ...

Starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, ‘The Hustle’ follows the story of two conwomen who compete to con a tech billionaire ...

Don’t let the head full of snakes distract you. Do not be cowed by the presence of Greek gods and goddesses or lulled by the vaguely familiar details of a story you only think you know. Yes, Medusa ...

If you've scrolled on your FYP in the last few months, you might have seen ambiguous TikToks that reference the meaning of the Medusa tattoo. "A lot of people didn't realize the meaning of a Medusa ...

Every so often — more often than not in a post-lockdown digital world, of course — Twitter latches onto an idea and makes it go mega-viral. The latest such concept is a standalone movie featuring a ...

Author Julie Berry breaks down why we're so fascinated by stories of murdered young women and fantastical beasts, and what happens when we flip the script I don’t remember when I first learned about ...

The ancient Dorians knew well the legend of Medusa, the most beautiful of the three Gorgon sisters, who provoked the goddess Athena’s ire by consorting with a god. Athena’s revenge was to turn ...

NEW YORK — When artist Luciano Garbati made his sculpture of Medusa holding Perseus’ severed head — an inversion of the centuries-old myth — feminism was not what he had in mind. He wasn’t thinking of ...