Thomas, Paul A.2020-12-082020-12-082020-12-08Thomas, Paul. “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as Queer Monomyth.” Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 54, no. 5, 2021.https://hdl.handle.net/1808/30961This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Thomas, Paul. “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as Queer Monomyth.” Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 54, no. 5, 2021. his article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.In this essay, the author considers the animated television program She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018-20) and argues two main things: First, that the She-Ra reboot can be read as monomythic, and second, that it employs the monomyth while also queering normative understandings of heroic gender and sexuality. The end result is a critical remix that stars a hero—Adora—who can be understood as both queer and monomythic. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power thus stands out from the rest of the pack, serving as a shining example for writers wanting to “rehabilitate” Campbell’s monomyth in our increasingly queer, feminist, and intersectional world.Copyright 2021, WileyGender theoryLGBTMythPopular cultureAnimationArticlehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5596-7951openAccess