Red Queen

Iracebeth, the Red Queen is the tyrannical monarch of Underland.

Azrael's Merryland Azrael Coladilla 2010

Iracebeth, the Red Queen is the tyrannical monarch of Underland.

Azrael's Merryland Azrael Coladilla 2010

It is possible that the Red Queen also plays a role in the details of mammalian sex.

Why Sex? To Keep Parasites at Bay, of Course Matt Ridley 2011

Now, however, I am confident that the Red Queen holds the battlefield.

Why Sex? To Keep Parasites at Bay, of Course Matt Ridley 2011

Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon answered that early this year with a tapping Mad Hatter, a dance for the Red Queen and four terrified playing cards, plus puppetry, masks and video.

The Short List 2011

The Red Queen theory—named after Lewis Carroll's monarch, who lives in a weird world "where it takes all the running you can do to stay in the same place"—holds that most creatures reproduce through sex rather than by cloning in order to keep a step ahead of threatening parasites.

Why Sex? To Keep Parasites at Bay, of Course Matt Ridley 2011

Triage is necessary (the heroine of one of my late novels, The Red Queen (2004) is writing a book on "Triage in the NHS", a clear sign that the problem had been preoccupying me for some time), NICE guidelines are necessary, some new drugs are extraordinarily costly, we cannot have everything for free.

Safe in their hands? Margaret Drabble on the threat facing the NHS 2011

That's the first hint of the presence of the Red Queen.

Why Sex? To Keep Parasites at Bay, of Course Matt Ridley 2011

Other locations are using window decals and displays of T-shirts, hats and jewelry inspired by the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen and other characters.

Disney Invites 'Goths' to the Party Ethan Smith 2010

When the Red Queen says "I need a pig here," it's a regal request for a footrest issued casually; she is clearly accustomed to comforting her feet with warm pork bellies.

'Alice': Half a Wonderland Joe Morgenstern 2010