Sophia's Purse: Enough Wicker's Golden Girls Blog

It's all here in a handbag for you: podcast episode transcripts, scholarly takes on all of the heady themes throughout the Golden Girls episodes, and pontifications on the connections between your brain and wallpaper paste.

I mean, it's not Rose's diary or anything, but it's just as entertaining.

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3 days ago
12 min

These 21 Styles of Comedy Explain Why The Golden Girls is Such a Hilarious Show

Three scholarly explorations of the types of humor explain what makes The Golden Girls one of the funniest sitcoms ever.

7 days ago
6 min

What if Friendship Like The Golden Girls, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life? [The Atlantic]

Rhaina Cohen's Atlantic article "What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?" has The Golden Girls written all over it.

Oct 23
16 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 22: Pretty Jumpy About Rose's Career Prospects (episode 22, s1/e22)

When Rose is laid off from her job as a grief counselor, she does what anyone would -- starts a pro bono 24-hour home counseling service.

Oct 22
15 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 21: The Girls Get the Flu & We Get Our First Vibrator Joke (Episode 21, s1/e21)

Enough Wicker's review of Golden Girls Season 1, Episode 21, Flu Attack (aka The Flu), on our podcast.

Oct 13
10 min

The Iron Maiden, Sex Object, Child, & Mother: A Golden Girls Archetype Explainer

How The Golden Girls characters fit into ancient feminine archetypes -- and what that says about how we view women.

Sep 29
7 min

The Golden Girls Cookbook: Your Guide to Making All of the Recipes from the Show -- and Then Some

Recipes from The Golden Girls, as well as those inspired by Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, & Sophia.

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