This post is a part of Fashion In the Broad Sense: a series of posts that explores how The Golden Girls relates to important topics and issues surrounding women and fashion. On Saturday, June 27th, 2020, the news broke that Hulu pulled the season 3 episode "Mixed Blessings" from its streaming platform due to concerns about the portrayal …
Category: Season 3
Fashion As Tension In Dorothy’s New Friend
The "Dorothy's New Friend" episode of season 3 is one of the most infamous of the series because it features a legitimate villain: Barbara Thorndyke! Yes, there are some other bad guys here and there throughout the series (The Cheeseman, anyone?), but Barbara Thorndyke for sure takes the cake (or the George Bernard Slaw, as …
Pasta La Vista
Last weekend I had some time to catch up on my GG binging by watching all of the random episodes recorded on our DVR. The "Nothing to Fear, But Fear Itself" episode from season 3 was one I hadn't seen in awhile. I'm glad I decided to watch it because I had forgotten how hilarious …
Russian Dream Sequence Extravaganza
With everything going on in politics right now it seemed pretty fitting to write about the "Letter to Gorbachev" episode from season 3. Although the issues at hand with Russia today are vastly different, it still never ceases to amaze me how topics from The Golden Girls continue to intersect with current events. I also …
Happy birthday, Betty White!
Today the fabulous Betty White is 96 years young! Happy birthday and many more! According to this article, she credits vodka and hot dogs, "probably in that order," and well, replace the vodka with a St. Olaf Tonic, and that sounds just about like a diet plan that Rose would recommend! Did you know that …
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