It’s not enough to settle for having a flat, oversimplified version of feminism on television. The conversation is nuanced and deserves representation as such.
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You can't stop empathy, compassion, generosity, and heroism. Even on HBO's notoriously violent and cynical hit series!
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As with many epic fantasies, the show’s heroes are framed as liberators and defenders of the common people—despite holding absolute power.
Where HBO's Game of Thrones once showed a one-dimensional view of female strength, it now makes clear that there are many ways to be strong.
One of the most compelling undercurrents of the show is how it's developed a kind of “against the grain” feminism with its female characters. This came to a head in Season 6, arguably Game of Thrones' most feminist season yet.
A critique of Paul Mason's historical materialist prediction “Can Marxist theory predict the end of ‘Game of Thrones’?” for the upcoming seasons of Game of Thrones.
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