Chuck Darwin<p>You’ve probably heard about <a href="https://c.im/tags/Helen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Helen</span></a> of Troy. She’s blamed for starting the Trojan War. Not many people remember <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cassandra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cassandra</span></a>. </p><p>She predicted it.</p><p>In <a href="https://c.im/tags/Aeschylus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aeschylus</span></a>’s tragedy <a href="https://c.im/tags/Agamemnon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Agamemnon</span></a>, you get Cassandra’s full story. In some ways, the Trojan War is really about a bunch of dudes who don’t listen to a woman, and it leads straight to the collapse of their civilization.</p><p>In later retellings, they ignore her twice.</p><p>Surprised?<br /><a href="https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/youre-not-a-fearmonger-you-have-sentinel" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jessicawildfire.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/youre-not-a-fearmonger-you-have-sentinel</span></a></p>