by LK Rigel | Apr 30, 2012 | Contests, Game of Thrones
I have a love/hate relationship with HBO’s production of Game of Thrones. I approach each episode with dread, wondering how they’ll degrade and abuse women this time and if this will be the week I decide it’s just not worth it anymore. But last...
by LK Rigel | Apr 22, 2012 | Game of Thrones
It’s Sunday! What fresh new insults to women – and men who like women – will Game of Thrones bring tonight? If I had any grit, I’d stop watching the series. But I can’t not look! I want to see Arya use the pointy end, and I want to watch...
by LK Rigel | Apr 10, 2012 | Game of Thrones, reviews
I’ve been grousing about Game of Thrones a lot since the new season started. The rampant degrading treatment of women is pissing me off. I’ve been bitching about it on Facebook, but I find I have a full post’s worth of disgust to express....
by LK Rigel | Dec 30, 2011 | Game of Thrones, joie
Some pretty great things came to my attention in 2011. In no particular order: George Takei. His running commentary on Facebook is intelligent, provocative, hilarious, and kind. The Orchard by Theresa Weir. As an enemy first unrecognized then...
by LK Rigel | Nov 12, 2010 | Game of Thrones, joie
Oh, my. Iain Glen – who I adored in Wives and Daughters and is wonderful in anything and everything — is going to be in Game of Thrones. Now, I will admit that I have never read the Martin opus. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to drool over the...
