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redqueen

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10. Goddess, no...

Reply to boston bean (Reply #9)

Tue May 7, 2013, 10:03 AM

May 2013

I'm referring to the 'logic' employed by those who failed to comprehend the thread they attempted to mock.

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Just so you all know, I watch the Game of Thrones. [View all] boston bean May 2013 OP

I watch it too abelenkpe May 2013 #1

John Amato at Crooks and Liars House of Roberts May 2013 #2

I don't watch it because fantasy type shows are not my thing. MadrasT May 2013 #3

I was bored and decided to watch one episode boston bean May 2013 #4

lol, well obviously any woman who doesn't want to see brutal sex is just a prude, right? redqueen May 2013 #7

I don't think I said that, did I? boston bean May 2013 #9

Goddess, no... redqueen May 2013 #10

Oh, I get it. I agree, that it does have some problems boston bean May 2013 #11

No, no... your post is fine... redqueen May 2013 #12

lol, why would you even deign to dignify that pile of strawman idiocy with a response? redqueen May 2013 #5

Oh, is that what got them all tied up in knots? boston bean May 2013 #6

Yep. The usual obsessive compulsion to stalk this group for something to talk about. redqueen May 2013 #8

I do too. How is GoT a feminist issue? sufrommich May 2013 #13

This review in the New Yorker is what started all this a year ago. Things must be really slow... redqueen May 2013 #15

That was a good article. Both GoT and Mad Men are sufrommich May 2013 #17

Yep, she does an excellent job of pointing out the more problematic aspects of the show. redqueen May 2013 #21

Its pretty much the same routine conservatives used sufrommich May 2013 #22

+10000000000000000 redqueen May 2013 #28

I have read all the books, and watched the first two seasons AnotherDreamWeaver May 2013 #32

That was an excellent article, I bookmarked it. I've never sufrommich May 2013 #34

Your welcome. AnotherDreamWeaver May 2013 #36

I like Tyrion a lot BainsBane May 2013 #31

I actually think the Lannister siblings have the sufrommich May 2013 #33

Are they the brother and sister that... Bay Boy May 2013 #52

Jamie and Cersei BainsBane May 2013 #53

I've watched enough to know... Bay Boy May 2013 #54

He's in love with Shae now BainsBane May 2013 #55

Must be a season three development... Bay Boy May 2013 #56

Yes, and Shae was one too BainsBane May 2013 #57

That article told me all I need to never take this show seriously, thanks! My Pet Goat May 2013 #27

Well I'm really bad because I watch Banshee..... Little Star May 2013 #14

Me too BainsBane May 2013 #16

The Theon torture scenes are too much for me, sufrommich May 2013 #18

the violence is far more noticeable and concerning than the sex BainsBane May 2013 #19

Absolutely.nt sufrommich May 2013 #20

As for Theon, it's going to get much worse... Hayabusa May 2013 #23

Ugh, I'll be watching with the remote close by .nt sufrommich May 2013 #24

*Slight Spoiler* JoDog May 2013 #29

I watched and enjoyed it too. Whisp May 2013 #25

I don't watch it ismnotwasm May 2013 #26

I'm a huge Battlestar Galactica fan BainsBane May 2013 #30

One of my daughters got me into it ismnotwasm May 2013 #35

i cannot tell you how tired i am of graphic rape, sexualized is continuously used for entertainment seabeyond May 2013 #37

Those other historically accurate forms of sexual assault just aren't as crowd pleasing. nt redqueen May 2013 #38

point. full nudity. well, ya know, i am pretty sure men get fully naked. not seeing that on seabeyond May 2013 #39

Well apparently this lack of balance simply doesn't bother enough people. redqueen May 2013 #40

yes. the lesbian sex also. geez. no agendas here, women. nt seabeyond May 2013 #41

normalizing hetero male porn in mainstream media. rape, only female nudity, woman on woman sex, seabeyond May 2013 #42

Yep. I won't watch shit like that. redqueen May 2013 #46

Hey sea, boston bean May 2013 #43

i do get it. i hear it often. and i am seeing more and more of these shows putting rape out as seabeyond May 2013 #44

I think what you are missing is that the rape or flat out raunchy sex isn't entertaining boston bean May 2013 #45

Another complaint about the portrayal of sex I've seen online is over the lesbian/gay imbalance. redqueen May 2013 #49

I agree, with both you and seabeyond. boston bean May 2013 #50

Oh, definitely... redqueen May 2013 #51

You reminded me of this part of the review. redqueen May 2013 #47

I finally watched seasons I & II about a month ago. LanternWaste May 2013 #48