Ilia Danner Grubbs, Laurie Norris, and Sara Klooster discuss feminism, racism, and more in the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit
INTRODUCTIONS
SEGMENT 1: KNOWING
Content warning, this show does portray drug and alcohol use, mental illness, and suicide.
Summary of the show
SEGMENT 2: READING
I. What we enjoyed
II. Portrayals of Feminism
III. Portrayals of Race
The Magical Negro Trope and the Modern Mammie Trope
https://www.insider.com/the-queens-gambit-netflix-shows-race-issues-tropes-black-characters
IV. Portrayals of Trauma
ACES and drug/alcohol addiction
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a34689977/the-queens-gambit-drug-abuse/
SEGMENT 3: PASSING ON
Sara: Hikaru no Go
Laurie: Prey for Rock and Roll
Ilia: Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon