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The Lesbian Vampire: A (Fairly) Brief Media Retrospective
http://www.themarysue.com/lesbian-vampire-retrospective
What TV Shows Still Haven’t Learned About Writing Female Leads of Color
http://www.themarysue.com/television-shows-female-leads-of-color
Reign started off as one of my favorite shows on the CW with it's female positive political drama and a great cast and then slowly it all began slipping away. Why do good things never last?
IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE CW AND SHOWTIME
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The Lesbian Vampire: A (Fairly) Brief Media Retrospective
http://www.themarysue.com/lesbian-vampire-retrospective
What TV Shows Still Haven’t Learned About Writing Female Leads of Color
http://www.themarysue.com/television-shows-female-leads-of-color
Reign started off as one of my favorite shows on the CW with it's female positive political drama and a great cast and then slowly it all began slipping away. Why do good things never last?
IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE CW AND SHOWTIME
![JUGHEAD, BUGHEAD & ASEXUALITY [Riverdale/Archie Comics]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o_-qZQJXv1A/hqdefault.jpg "JUGHEAD, BUGHEAD & ASEXUALITY [Riverdale/Archie Comics]
HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE!!
This is the first of four LGBTQA videos I will be putting out this upcoming month!
Now I think everyone knows that I love Bughead on Riverdale. I have always been a fan of the Jughead and Betty dynamic in the comics and with the love triangle being very played out, I was glad that the show decided to leave those issues for the pilot and then dropping it.
That being said there is a lot of controversy because of Jughead and his asexuality. So let us discuss the history of Jugheads character and how it had led us to this point.
LINKS:
ASEXUALITY OVERVIEW
http://www.asexuality.org/?q=overview.html
JUGHEAD ROUNDTABLE/ACE
http://comicsalliance.com/jughead-asexual-aromantic-roundtable/
GLAAD DIVERSITY ROUNDTABLE
http://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2016-2017.pdf
ARTICLE ON ASEXUAL ERASURE
http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/01/16/asexual-erasure-a-historical-and-mass-media-phenomenon/
ASEXIALS WHO THEY ARE
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/living-single/200912/asexuals-who-are-they-and-why-are-they-important")
![Reign 2x09: Acts of War [Episode Review]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p1JwwxsBj3A/hqdefault.jpg "Reign 2x09: Acts of War [Episode Review]
*Spoilers for Episode 2x09: Acts of War*
Trigger Warning: This video discusses spoilers and the topic of rape.
Synopsis: Mary proposes a marriage idea for Claude, but Claude has plans of her own. Meanwhile, Bash and Francis concoct a scheme to free Francis from following Narcisses demands; and Greer discovers she may be deeper in the Protestant movement than she realized.
My Opinion:
Watching the episode all I could think was that they could have gotten the exact same results if they had just critically wounded Mary. Rape is used only because, as you said, it is seen as the absolute worse thing that can befall a female character. The whole scene was gross, they could have cut away much earlier and taken out the slow-mo. The only positive to come out of it was the Catherine/Mary interaction. That female positive interaction was moving and I love that Catherine knew not to touch Mary and how two survivors could talk.
But I’m also equally disturbed by the speech that Catherine gave Mary because of it’s historical context. As I mentioned before, Mary QOS was raped. After the death/assassination of her second husband, Lord Darnley, she was raped by James Hepburn aka Earl of Bothwell and married him a month later to save face and as a result people revolted against her and she was forced to abdicate her throne. This is what led her ending up in England and her eventual death by the order of Queen Elizabeth I. What’s upsetting is that Mary’s situation has often been romanticized and even something modern day historians criticize her for (marrying Bothwell). So the way that Catherine’s speech is worded makes me wonder if they are talking about the actual historical figure because she is (largely) seen as a victim and a lesser Queen than Bess, which is bullshit, but a result of the sexism of having a ruler who wanted to be both a Queen and a more feminine woman.
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