In the abstract, Season 8 sounds like Game of Thrones‘ female-friendliest yet.
The struggle for the Iron Throne has come down to Cersei and Daenerys. Arya slayed the Night King. Brienne got knighted and got laid. Lyanna Mormont is this season’s breakout fan fave. And Sansa, much-abused, much-maligned Sansa, has emerged as one of the smartest players in the game.
So why does it all ring so hollow?
From the beginning, Game of Thrones has distinguished itself through its female characters. Unlike so many other prestige dramas, fantasy sagas, and (pseudo) historical epics, it considered seriously how women and girls might fit into this patriarchal, misogynistic world, how they might be shaped by it, and how they might shape it in turn. Read more…
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