Omitting things to make her look more like a saint would be the same impulse as covering up my tattoos in the hopes that I’ll look more respectable. I’d be perpetuating the notion that women need to be a certain way to be accepted in this industry, that women need to change themselves so that men will respect them. I’m worthy of respect, no matter what I look like. Milicent deserves to be known, no matter who she married. No woman deserves the misogyny that we experience and Milicent didn’t deserve what ultimately happened to her.
