#WritersCoffeeClub Jan. 2 – Talk about something you’ve retold.
I've retold the Ballad of #Mulan as a #transfeminine narrative! In iambic pentameter and heroic couplets! It's called A Maiden's War, and you can check it out at the feminist #folklore retelling mag Corvid Queen: https://corvidqueen.com/stories/a-maidens-war-lj-lee That's not even my only transfem Mulan retelling, there's a short story version written in 2023 (!) that I need to fix up and shop around.
I love transfem Mulan in case you can't tell, and it's not a difficult conclusion to come to when you read the original Ballad (I've posted a translation on my blog https://ljwrites.blog/posts/ballad-of-mulan/ ) and note the off-the-charts levels of gender euphoria going on when Mulan casts off her wartime clothes and dolls up in her room.