The most well-known portrayals of Medusa converge upon one brief moment from her life’s story: her beheading and the use of her decapitated head by a man to petrify others. We decided to highlight the other half of her story: an emblem of female power fighting the huge waves of the sea and emerging victorious among them. Let’s raise our glass and drink to her delayed victory – and to all the Medusas of modern life.