CW/TW: This episode briefly discusses violence against women. Join Erica, Carter, and Quinn from Floor 600 as they do a deep dive into the Amazons as they exist in the Riordanverse, greek mythology, real life history (!), and pop culture. That's right, Quinn is sharing her thesis on Wonder Woman throughout the many waves of American feminism!!! You don't wanna miss this.
Wonder Woman's comeback: https://msmagazine.com/tag/wonder-woman/
Amazons in pop culture: https://www.bustle.com/p/before-wonder-woman-these-were-pop-cultures-amazons-62266
The Real (?!) Amazons: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/141029-amazons-scythians-hunger-games-herodotus-ice-princess-tattoo-cannabis
https://www.thoughtco.com/people-who-lived-in-ancient-steppes-118305
Matriarchies: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/international-womens-day-matriarchy-matriarchal-society-women-feminism-culture-matrilineal-elephant-bonobo-a8243046.html
The company Amazon: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/amazon-workers-protest-unsafe-grueling-conditions-warehouse
The Movie: https://www.thewrap.com/professor-marston-and-the-wonder-women-review-luke-evans-rebecca-hall/
Harvard: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1966/12/8/lamont-will-open-to-cliffies-after/
American Multiculturalism and the myth of the melting pot: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029838?seq=1
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/multiculturalism/#PolRetMul
Book Rec from Erica: https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/helen-morales/antigone-rising/9781568589343/
Book Rec from Carter: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-gift-of-freedom
Book Recs from Quinn: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/how-the-amazon-queen-fought-the-prince-of-egypt-by-tamara-bower/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241159/the-secret-history-of-wonder-woman-by-jill-lepore/