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Siren examines the multifaceted identity of the mermaid as myth, mirror, and symbol. Across cultures and history, sirens, mermaids, and sea spirits have appeared in folklore as divine beings, dangerous temptresses, protectors, monsters, muses, and emblems of strength. From ancient Greek sirens to African water deities to Asian and Indigenous sea spirits, these figures exist in the liminal spaces between beauty, terror, and pain as fluid beings that are untethered to fixed identity. 
 
For women and the queer community— especially for trans people— the mermaid holds resonance as a being that exists outside of rigid binaries or the androcentric world, often depicted as androgynous and unbound by human anatomy or as beautiful yet deadly. The siren is a metaphor for transition and self-authorship, a reclamation of the heteronormative gaze, yet it is also inseparable from histories of objectification and voyeurism. The siren, despite its power, is hunted, consumed, and desired, becoming a symbol of solace for marginalized communities that see themselves within this mystical being.
 
Siren confronts these contradictions and honors the sea spirit as both divine feminine and femme fatale, both fantasy and resistance. Through this exploration, we examine how femininity, queerness, and myth converge to reclaim power, turning the siren from an object of desire into a force of agency and liberation.