Last podcast episode, the topic of disability portrayals was broached with Larys Strong and Craghas Drahar. So buckle up for this episode, dear listeners, and join us for a deep dive into how disability and caregiving are portrayed in media using HotD and ASOIAF characters with ethical and not-so-ethical examples. In her podcast debut, we proudly welcome The Immaculate Bastard, who brings her academic expertise in queerness and disability to present a nuanced critique of how HotD has handled this issue so far -- mainly in regards to King Viserys. She really broke down the whole "disability as metaphor" thing for us in a facinating educational odyssey! Eventually we move on to discuss the dual experiences of Alicent and Rhaenyra throughout the episode with gender, sex, and power dynamics. One exercises sexual agency but has birthcontrol forced upon her. The other's body belongs to the king and the realm, but secretly she exercises her own reproductive agency. And yes, an aside about the largest penis in the world made the final cut. Supporting literature cited this episode are: Michael Bérubé's The Secret Life of Stories: From Don Quixote to Harry Potter, How Understanding Intellectual Disability Transforms the Way We Read , David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder's Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse, Sami Schalk's Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction, Amber Jamilla Musser's Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism. Guest: The Immaculate Bastard: Tumblr, Twitter, and AO3. The Silent Sisters Podcast: Website | Tumblr | Twitter High Heretic: TheBlueLemonTree: Tumblr | Twitter High Heretic: LittleWolfBird: Tumblr | Twitter Music by MattstaGraham Logo Art by Clara aka Mondongo Inspiration by George R. R. Martin

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