Game of Thrones
Fire and Bleh: In the “Game of Thrones” Finale, We All Lost
We’ll never forget the show or its finale—but we’ll also never forget to look deeper at what it says about gender, representation, and episodic television as a whole.
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Backtalk: Meh of Thrones
This week, Dahlia and Amy get into their disappointment over the final season of Game of Thrones. The epic series has given audiences a big cultural moment in the world of dragons, the fight for power, and a slew of women characters to love and hate—but is it doing justice to the story?... Read more »
The Post-Colonial Politics of “Game of Thrones”
The show’s brutal violence reflects on our current reality, not a fictional past.
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5 Powerful Lessons Arya Stark Teaches about Surviving Trauma
Arya Stark’s darkness is not minimized or sugarcoated.
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A Girl Has Sex: Three Cheers for Arya Stark’s Sex Scene
Given Arya’s recent past, this might be the most wholesome thing she’s done in a while.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: How Elderly Patients Get Left Behind by #MeToo
Elderly and disabled patients experience high rates of sexual assault and abuse that are often dismissed.
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Making a Better, Smarter “Strong Female Character”
From Orphan Black to Game of Thrones, tough and flawed women are complicating the “strong female character” trope.
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Backtalk: Game of Thrones & xoJane
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... Read more »
When Does a Guilty Pleasure Become Too Guilty?
In Game of Thrones, Sansa Stark is trapped in an abusive marriage with a powerful villain.
We all have our guilty pleasures. Some of us like to binge-watch old episodes of Sex and the City, other people indulge in low-budget horror movies or ultra-cheesy... Read more »
Don’t Hate on Sansa Stark’s Powerful Femininity
The reasons Sansa Stark’s so hated are somewhat bizarre because they’re the very things that make her such a fascinating, strong, and powerful character.
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