“I loved Jim and A-Ron’s podcasts on GOT, Sharp Objects and Westworld. And I was ok with the woke references there, as they were simple light touches. Now the podcast on His Dark Materials featuring Cecily and Alexis, is very interesting and informed on the books, but the constant virtue signaling and pointing out instances of “the patriarchy” and “misogyny” is rampant and extremely distracting. I am a woman, and not conservative, but it makes me cringe every time one of them apologizes to the other for interrupting and the other explains that she’s just been trained by the patriarchy to be overly apologetic. Internal insecurities in Lyra are standard for a child, any child - it is not the result of misogyny in the books. It’s getting difficult to get through the discussion, which at times is very interesting, without rolling my eyes when they go off on a tangent on social and gender equality in a fantasy book and try desperately to relate it to our current society. Please dial back on the social commentary and focus on the show and book connections.”
Hosha333 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/08/19