During the Mass Dragoning of 1955, 100,000s of women transformed into dragons and fled. The response of 50s America? Blush and say we don’t talk about women’s things. Nothing to see here, especially if you’re likely to be fed up with institutional misogyny and have a secret desire to run away from your husband and pursue your dreams.

It gives a lot of insight into the enforced silences and erasure that comes with patriarchal society, how you police yourself and the best weapon is ensuring people remain ignorant of their true power. The beautiful act of dragonning is liberating from this oppression. And yes, trans women also become dragons.