An infamous story so thoroughly chronicled and widely dispersed within Western culture, the French Revolution is a behemoth. Its events have been theorized and reworked from thousands of angles, suppressed and ignored by dozens of historians, presented by handfuls of disciplines, and made to benefit hundreds of agendas. Focusing on a gender-specific action, the women’s march on Versailles, this essay hopes to provide a case study of the complexities of storytelling writ-large, and deny the trusted foundation of linear time that the authoritative discipline of History works through. As stories are told each iteration holds its own. Today, the story of the women’s march on Versailles sprouts up as the hydra’s new head.

Illustrations generously provided by Flo Pizzarello (b 1986, Buenos Aires, Argentina), and artist who lives and works in San Francisco, CA. She received her BFA from the University of North Texas in 2013, studied at the Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte in Buenos Aires from 2006-2010, and received an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 2015. Her work has been exhibited in various locations such as Asofnow Gallery, The Fort Mason Center, Submission Center for the Arts, No Roof Gallery, and 500x gallery. http://www.flopizzarello.com/

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Kathryn Barulich is an independent curator, writer, and researcher. Her research interests focus on how nationalism and language influence contemporary visual culture and politics. In 2015, she completed a Masters degree in History and Theory of Contemporary Art from San Francisco Art Institute, after studying French and Art History at Fordham University. She works at several arts organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area.