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Sophia's Purse: A Golden Girls Scholarly 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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Dec 21, 2022
1 min

The Enduring Delight of The Golden Girls

Why do fans love to visit a pop-up restaurant based on an almost 40-year-old show?

Oct 2, 2021
2 min

'Mixed Blessings' is Back on Hulu. Relatedly, here are some non-performative ways to fight racism.

With Mixed Blessings back on Hulu, perhaps we could all use a refresher of anti-racist resources.

Sep 13, 2021
2 min

Golden Roundup!: Real Mud, Nova Scotia, 36th Debut Anniversary, & More

A quick roundup of some of the latest and greatest Golden Girls content on the web.

Jun 16, 2021
1 min

All of the Myriad Ways The Golden Girls is Goddamn Golden, with Scholar Jared Clayton Brown

Let's talk chili cheese fries, Norman, Lear, and how The Golden Girls unifies even the more disparate of groups.

Jun 11, 2021
1 min

What Do The Golden Girls Have to Do with the COVID-19 Pandemic? Lots, Actually.

Dorothy battled Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and now 30 years later we have Covid-19 and nothing's changed.

Jun 8, 2021
1 min

The Worst Golden Girls Episode of All Time Isn't a Golden Girls Episode

Yes, of course it's "Empty Nests." But it doesn't even feature The Golden Girls all that much, so we won't allow it.

May 28, 2021
1 min

Scholarship on The Golden Girls Funko Pop! Figurines? You Bet!

The Golden Girls' Funko Pop! figurines are hot stuff, but something is odd to us about the Dorothy one.

May 27, 2021
16 min

Was Sicily As Bad as Sophia Joked it Was? Well, Yes.

Picture it: Sicily, Sophia Petrillo's homeland on The Golden Girls. Was it as poor as she described?

Mar 31, 2021
5 min

The Magic of The Golden Girls: Deconstructing the Sitcom with Scholar Nicole Kypker

Golden Girls scholar Nicole Kypker has written two academic papers on The Golden Girls -- on representations of second-wave feminism and the

Mar 19, 2021
11 min

All of The Golden Girls Villains, Ranked

Who is the absolute worst person to appear on The Golden Girls? This list ranks them all from least to most offensive.

Mar 14, 2021
1 min

Star-Studded Guest Stars on The Golden Girls, as Discussed with Meanwhile at the Podcast

While we at Enough Wicker are Golden Girls scholars, we won't pretend we are full pop culture scholars. I mean, we could hold our own on...

Feb 25, 2021
5 min

Top Ten Scholarly Moments of The Golden Girls

When they weren't grabbing flying dollar bills out of the air or living with a literal pig, The Golden Girls had a lot of scholarly moments.

Feb 14, 2021
4 min

Feeling Magenta: Why Magenta is a Fake Color, & What It Has to Do With Your Feelings

As in The Golden Girls, magenta is actually the perfect color for made-up 'feeling magenta,' since the color magenta doesn’t exist.

Feb 8, 2021
2 min

Kate Browne's Golden Girls Scholarship: Queers, Motherhood, Tricksters, & The American Dream

One of the best books we read in 2020 was Dr. Kate Browne's TV Milestone Series' book, The Golden Girls.

Feb 2, 2021
1 min

TMI Hollywood Hosts Our Golden Girls Podcast on TMI Daily!

LA's longest running comedy show, TMI Hollywood, graciously hosted 'scholarly' Enough Wicker on their TMI Daily show.

Jan 31, 2021
1 min

The Best Golden Girls Podcast Now Has an Official Trailer

We're not ones to blow our own vertubenflugens, but we Enough Wicker is quite excited to have an Official Podcast Trailer up and running!

Jan 27, 2021
10 min

Gender, Stigma, & Illness in The Golden Girls: A Chat with Scholar Miles Martin

Scholar Miles Martin discusses how The Golden Girls tackles HIV/AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and addiction affecting women on the show.

Jan 19, 2021
3 min

A List of at Least 2 Other Hungarian Sculptors of Any Time [Besides Laszlo Gregorian]

If The Golden Girls' Blanche can name two other Hungarian sculptors of any time, Dorothy shall eat a statue. Well, here's your list.

Jan 6, 2021
14 min

The Golden Girls’ Enneagram Numbers

What are the enneagram numbers and personalities of Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia?

Dec 31, 2020
1 min

Enough Wicker's 2020 Year in Review: [INFOGRAPHIC]

A Golden Girls scholarly podcast, academic interviews, and more: 2020 was quite the year.

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