Evil Becomes Her: Female Trauma and Sexuality Within “La Leyenda de la Mujer Caballo”

I have been working on this paper since summer of 2023. I landed an amazing paid research opportunity with Johns Hopkins University and was able to do research and write on the ways that gender and sexuality in Latin America are impacted by folklore. I do this specifically by examining some key figures that primarily reside in Mexico but specifically through analyzing the story of "La Mujer Caballo".

This paper means everything to me. It has been my pride and joy to work on and I have delighted in being able to share it with people. I have been blessed to not only have been paid for this research, but was also able to do TWO presentations inspired by it at presentations funded and hosted by JHU. These presentations are also available online if anyone would like access to them.

But I have been waiting for it to be published and it finally is. So please check out my paper "Evil Becomes Her: Female Trauma and Sexuality Within 'La Leyenda de la Mujer Caballo'" and reblog this so that others can read it too!

Thank you to everyone who has supported me in this journey and I look forward to continuing my research on Latin American folklore and culture!

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spaus nation hear me out pomegranate symbolism for antonio and roderich

and i mean all the existing symbolisms from the messiness of peeling the fruit open equated to the messy business of loving someone wholly, entirely, getting to know them at their worst and still loving them

Antonio at his worst and ravaged by the weight of his sins but salvation is given to him by those pair of loving, tender hands belonging to his husband, his dearly beloved, Roderich

yes i'm also about to propose the all-consuming cannibalistic symbolism as well because you cannot look me in the eyes and tell me not once has Antonio never entertained the unwell notion of drinking the blood of his spouse and eat his flesh as means of demonstrating his devotion

Roderich is no better if he could eat Antonio's heart to possess all of Antonio's love for himself then he would and therefore your honour they are freak 4 freak