TikTok's pomegranate obsession: the trendy fruit was also big during the Renaissance to talk about female fertility

By Gabriele Neher, Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham

Pomegranates are hot right now, the red fruit with its glistening jewel-like segments has become the centre of a new TikTok trend. The hashtags #pomegranate and #pomegranategirl have been trending in videos featuring debates about sexuality and feminism.

At the risk of sounding all staid and academic but this all is just so Renaissance. Actually, it is more than that, as the roots of pomegranate symbolism and its links to femininity and sexuality extend into classical writings.…

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