I am only halfway through this post.....but thank you for a thoughtful, articulate exploration on the subject. I am personally exploring how GOT relates to my values and how scenes like these may inform me. This is especially prudent with the relevance and poignant events surrounding the criticism of America's "rape…

This article is well articulated and compelling. Thank you so much for sharing. As a reader and viewer of GoT, I have felt increasingly uncomfortable with this season's interpretations of the story line. I can't possibly fathom the motivations behind turning consensual acts in the book to rape, especially in the case…

It looks like the show is pretending it didn't happen either.

I didn't see this as much as a critique of the show in and of itself, but moreso the way in which we as a society perceive and treat the subject of rape. See, art reflects life - so looking at the art that is produced by our contemporaries and the way that our peers consume and react to it can be very telling.

I have to point out that this Ros thing is the most loathesome development as of late - utterly indefensible.

You know, it is actually possible to love a show or a book and still be critical about certain aspects of it. I love GOT, but I hate the direction it has been going in this season. The Cersei and Jamie rape scene was sooooo problematic (as has been beautifully conveyed by this article). But there are also things I…

I agree that people shouldn't complain about the show's characters dying off because it was in the books and not exactly a surprise, but the way the show depicts rape it problematic and should be discussed.

Yes, but think of the emphasis. If you want to express the brutality of wartime rape, why not examine the phenomenon of a man who bases his war decisions on chivalry, but feels free to rape and brutalize local populations? Isn't it more interesting to see his face when he rapes someone, rather than the breasts of the…

It's not glamourized, it's just performed by the most beautiful people possible in faux-grimy sets with strangely erotic dark lighting, with women that are frequently half into it...JUST LIKE REAL LIFE!

Translation: Criticizing things I like isn't allowed. Shut up and take it!

You didn't read the whole thing that fast.

I agree, though I think it's very likely that all life in the universe is too spread out to ever meet each other.

Person of color here too. Yes, I understand not everyone can be interested in everything. It would be nice for her to acknowledge, however, the hard work that white ladies & ladies of color have done in the name of feminism to pave the way for her success. It's not as bad as some other celebs who are so ignorant as to…

I understand that not everyone has the same interests. That is not a problem. The reason this article got my eyes rolling at LDR is this: feminism exists to address some pretty basic issues of safety, autonomy, and dignity. When I think of feminism I think of the struggle to ensure that female children get an…

go away please

Dude, you must be new here, I'm a trans woman. And I insist on the space (trans SPACE woman), because I'm a woman first who happens to be transgender.

I'm not here to be the label police.

I dunno. I'm a person of color and if I said that "Oh you know anti-racism and civil rights, it's like watching paint dry amirite?" I think people would be understandably pissed. She's building her dumbass career and persona on some antiquated feminine icons though so I'm not really shocked.

Oh, PLEASE. Like we can't do BOTH. IT'S CALLED STAR TREK: VOYAGER and also the FUTURE. SPACE FEMINISM, LADIES, FEMINISM IN SPACE. WOMEN GET TO WEAR SHINY SILVER JUMPSUITS ALL DAY WHILE DRIVING SPACESHIPS AND AIN'T NOTHING ANY MAN OR MALE ALIEN CAN DO ABOUT IT. GET WITH IT, LANA.

Except she's a historian who has been working on this project for quite some time, so it would stand to reason that she would be the least surprised.