game of thrones
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The Season Premiere of Game of Thrones Was Too Realistic
I used to like Game of Thrones. Nine years ago, when it first aired, it was a show about witches, sword fights, decapitations, brave knights and the desperate search for the cure for ashiness. It was popular because it took viewers away from reality into a fantasy world with direwolves, dragons, moon doors and a…
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America's Iron Throne: The Presidential Candidates and Their Game of Thrones Counterparts
As the fever for #DemThrones takes over America, it is important to remember that Game of Thrones is not just a show about swords, dragons and nauseatingly gratuitous rape scenes. The show is really an allegory about white supremacy, a metaphor for politics and, well… A collection of nauseatingly gratuitous rape scenes. So, in preparation…
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Can We Get a Spinoff? EW's Game of Thrones Tribute Has Us Craving More Black Love on the Iron Throne
As much as we can’t wait for Game of Thrones’ return, we are well aware that it will be the beginning of the end—the end of an era, that is. *sniffle* But since we’ve already been off book for a couple of seasons now (as the series has followed George R.R. Martin’s outlines for sequels…
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Black Girl Magic Meets Marvel: Nnedi Okorafor Unveils New Shuri Comic
We don’t need another hero, but here’s one we’ve been waiting for anyway: Wakandan princess and genius little sister Shuri has finally broken out of her supporting role in the Black Panther franchise into her own series, courtesy of acclaimed fantasy writer Nnedi Okorafor. Okorafor, whose novel, Who Fears Death, is being developed by HBO…
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She Got That Glow: Writer Nnedi Okorafor Gets the Escort of a Lifetime to the 2018 Emmys
When you’re an emerging name in the realm of fantasy and science-fiction writing and your first novel is being adapted into a series by award-winning premium network HBO, there are few things better than being invited to the Emmys. That is, of course, unless your escort for the evening is none other than network darling…
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Who Gets Your Vote in 2020: The Night King or Donald Trump?
Perhaps the most depressing part of Darth Cheeto’s reign in office is that unless he’s impeached (which could but probably won’t happen), arrested (which could but probably won’t happen), quits (which could but probably won’t happen) or dies (which … no comment), he will run again in 2020, and I’m not confident that anyone would…
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5 Questions the Game of Thrones Season Finale Answered for Black America
By now we shouldn’t have to discuss how Game of Thrones parallels the social, political and economic climate of black America. But this season, the show wasn’t just a metaphor for being black in America—it was a guide for survival. It was a parable about resistance. It was a preamble for the resistance (and by…
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Jon Snow’s Pimp Capes Are Actually Ikea Rugs. Here’s How to Make Your Own
If you follow our weekly series the Black Guide to Game of Thrones, you know that the Starks (and all the people in the North) represent black people in the fictional Game of Thrones universe, and even though Jon Stark does not technically have our blood running through his veins, Ned and Catelyn took him…
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This Week’s Game of Thrones Was a Replay of Every Black Fight Ever
Wait … was I the only person in the Seven Kingdoms who thought this whole let’s-capture-a-White Walker-and-bring-him-back plan was the stupidest idea since the male romper? (No, that is not a homophobic or gender-normative statement. The male romper is a shitty idea, and by “shitty,” I mean that the good Lord has only blessed me…
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Does Steve Bannon Have Greyscale? (Asking for a Friend)
Just as discriminating against someone for their race, their ethnicity, their gender, their sexual orientation, their religion, their age, their disabilities, their health, their perceived intelligence and perhaps even their feelings about kombucha is (rightly) frowned upon, it’s also (usually) not cool to disparage someone for their physical appearance, since it remains (mostly) inflexible and out…