Lady Lilith by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1866-1873
Lady Lilith and Me: How a Painting Gave Me Body Confidence
Trigger/Content Warning: This post features mentions of rape, infertility, miscarriage, and infanticide.
Lilith - the woman who, according to Jewish mythology, was Adam's first wife, who refused to be subservient to him and lie beneath him during sex, before running off to the Red Sea and becoming a she-demon - holds a special place in my heart. Not because she is considered a feminist icon, though that is pretty awesome. Not because she murdered men, mothers, new born babies, which I try to ignore. No, I love Lilith, specifically Lady Lilith above, because she's a redhead.
