On Backtalk, Bitch Media editors Amy and Sarah talk about current feminism and pop culture. This week, we talk about burning down the patriarchy in Game of Thrones and how the show’s female characters have evolved this season. Then, we discuss the desctructive clickbait culture seen in many online outlets—most specifically, xoJane, which published an insensitive and callous essay that minimized the effects of mental illness and suicide.
On Backtalk, we always share one thing we read, heard, and saw this week.
SAW: Be sure to stream the cult classic, Paris is Burning, before it’s off Netflix Instant at the end of the month. Otherwise you’ll have to get the DVD the old-fashioned way—through the pony express to your mailbox.
READ: Sylvia Obell’s, “How Blac Chyna Beat The Kardashians At Their Own Game,” reads like part of a Shakespearean drama full of tweets, snaps, and grams.
HEARD: Step into Juniore’s groovy musical time machine of 1960’s French pop with this track, “La Route.”
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I'm very interested on a
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I'm very interested on a feminist take on everything surrounding Game of Thrones. (I just found the article on postcolonialism and I'm looking forward to reading it.) Like the very mancentered fancultur or Kit Harrington's claim of sexism against men (in the filmindustry). Would be very nice!
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