The Ugly Truths of 1981’s Clash of the Titans

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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To kick off the new year, besties Stacy and Daynah revisit Clash of the Titans — not as nostalgia, but as a cultural artifact. From Medusa’s distorted origin story to the unchecked entitlement of male heroes, we unpack how victim-blaming, punishment, and “boys will be boys” logic are baked into Greek mythology. What starts as a fun rewatch quickly becomes a reckoning with who gets punished, who gets excused, and why these stories still shape how we understand power today. If you’ve ever loved a movie and later realized it aged… poorly, this one’s for you. 00:00 | Welcome & framing the rewatch 06:00 | Nostalgia vs. reality 12:00 | Medusa and victim-blaming myths 19:00 | Perseus, privilege, and hero entitlement 26:00 | Monstrosity, beauty, and punishment 33:00 | 1980s ratings, nudity, and blind spots 38:00 | Greek mythology as soap opera 42:00 | Why revisiting old stories matters Find Stacy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠missionmakersart.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠missionalchemists.com⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.7	Oh my God, your hair is so cute.
0:58.9	I'm themed.
1:00.8	It's a Medusa show.
1:07.4	We have this display of curls in a snake-like fashion.
1:14.0	My hair is an actual nightmare because I just got back from the gym, whereby I also got my period at the gym. So, yeah, it was nothing good about that. So my hair sweaty and then
1:22.9	hopped in the shower, but I didn't have time to wash my hair. So it's like half wet.
1:27.8	It's gross.
1:28.9	Anyway.
1:29.5	Sounds like a busy morning.
1:31.7	Not as gross as the experience of poor Medusa becoming a monster after her lived experience.
1:41.4	Hey, victimhood never stops.
1:44.0	Oh, my God. It's an endless journey for women. Let's not just
1:49.0	blame the victim. Let's also completely punish her in every way we can imagine. Absolutely.
1:53.8	It's her fault. And then let's make myths and stories in perpetude for everybody just for the rest of eternity. Can you imagine
2:04.5	Medeus is like, hey, it's been literally centuries. Maybe he could just revise the script a little bit.
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