UBS #29: Patriarchy Brain

Julia and Kylie finally take a break from adaptation shaming to gush about A Song of Ice and Fire, this time with the help of their guest Gretchen! What is it that makes George R.R. Martin's close-PoV structure so compelling? To them, it's the way that the he is able to utilize the toxically patriarchal setting to explore character biases for incredibly feminist take-aways. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for the full episode post.  Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Intro & explanation of "patriarchy brain"; 17:03 - Cat; 30:40 - Arys; 39:30 - Vic/Aeron & Barry; 50:47 - Cersei; 1:03:00 - Tyrion, Sam, & Ned; 1:19:49 - Brienne & Arya; 1:30:00 - Sansa; 1:41:40 - Asha & Arianne