Posts tagged television
The Destruction of the White Matriarchy in "Little Fires Everywhere"

The series makes it clear that it’s Elena Richardson’s white entitlement and massive, unchecked ego that spark the events leading up to the fire that ravages the Richardson family mansion. Through Elena’s relationships with her mother and her own daughters, we see how Little Fires Everywhere strikes at the oppressive cage of white matriarchy.

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Rape Culture, 'Veronica Mars', and the Spectacle of Sexual Violence

When I initially watched the show in 2013, I felt inspired by Mars’s resilience, but during a recent re-watch, I realized that Veronica Mars has always treated sexual assault as fodder for drama. The show perpetuates rape culture by using sexual violence as a plot device, overrepresenting false accusations, and ultimately failing to meaningfully address how trauma impacts its characters.

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