Dune: Part Two’s Treatment of Women is an Abomination

The Bene Gesserit’s Vocal Analysis Skills in the Voice and Truthsaying

The Bene Gesserit’s Perception and Memory

The Bene Gesserit women in Dune possess extraordinary…

Female Jesuits: The Catholic Origins of the Bene Gesserit

Eugenics and the Breeding Program in Dune

The influence of eugenics on Frank Herbert’s Dune is…

Who Are the Bene Gesserit

The women of the Bene Gesserit in Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune train themselves in rigorous control…

The Bene Gesserit’s Nerve and Muscle Control

Suspending oneself in hibernation, controlling pregnancies, and besting others in…

Similar Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Bene Gesserit

How I Fell for Dune

I discovered Dune (1965) because the book had been bothering me. When I was a young teenager, my family bought our first…

The Bene Gesserit’s Schooling in Espionage and Politics