For Halloween, I dressed as a sailor! Throughout the mermaid stories we have discussed in class a sailors have been a recurring character. Sailors are said to be lured into the waters by the mermaid’s beauty, and even more sinister, her hypnotizing voice.

Sailors are characters used to push narratives about women’s sexuality and demonize women who freely express their sexuality. Thus, only promotes women’s sexuality as something dangerous and should be kept away or hidden.

Though what if the sailor was a woman? Would they be able to hear the voice of the siren? Would they be lured? Or would women be the only people who would care to hear what the siren is truly communicating to us?

Feat. my car as a prop for the ocean…if you look closely, there is a stingray inside.