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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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Oct 23, 2020
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, 2020
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.

Sep 25, 2020
16 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 20: Bim, Bam, Boom, Sexual Harassment is Still a Problem (Episode 20, s1/e20)

Blanche is pursuing a [deleted by authority of the Governor] degree at a local community college, and is sexually harassed.

Aug 19, 2020
15 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 19: Plumbers, Private Jets & Misogyny (Episode 19, s1/e19)

Uh, Lou, Dorothy and Rose attempt to re-do their bathroom in the name of feminism, and Blanche contemplates marrying an old dude.

Aug 10, 2020
13 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 18: A Case of Morton's Neuroma & Perils of Am. Healthcare (Episode 18, s1/e18)

We validate Dorothy's fears of seeking help in a healthcare system that is barely functioning, and endorse old ladies drinking sherry.

Aug 8, 2020
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 17: Lucy, Crockett, & Tubbs (Episode 17, s1/e17)

Blanche's niece Lucy is in town and arrives with a bang (literally). Plus, Rose's brain is great for Miami Vice trivia!

Aug 4, 2020
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 16: Estate Papers, Dickies & A Snack to Panel Your Den With (Episode 16, s1/16)

Rose is forced to have a tough conversation with Kirsten about her will, which is made more difficult by Kirsten's hard-to-place accent.

Aug 3, 2020
16 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 15: Rose, the Killer (Episode 15, s1/e15)

The girls help Rosework up the courage to tell Mrs. Beatty, who experiences all five stages of grief right before our eyes.

Aug 1, 2020
19 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 14: Exploring the Morals of Dating a Married Man ... (Episode 14, s1/14)

We examine Dorothy's love affair with the first (and lesser, in our opinion) Glen O'Brien and the complicated nature of infidelity.

Jul 17, 2020
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 13: Shrimp, Short Ribs, and a Psychic to the Stars (Episode 13, s1/13)

In our 13th episode, we take a look at a great love story that never was--Rose Nylund and Dr. Jonathan Newman. Dorothy and Blanche stumble t

Jul 16, 2020
20 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 12: If Everybody Wants You, Why Isn't Anybody Callin'? (Episode 12, s1/e12)

We take a look at the 12th episode of the Golden Girls, which has us exploring the complexity of sibling rivalry and relationships as Gloria

Jul 16, 2020
19 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 11: The Return of Stickman AKA Stan's Return (Episode 11, s1/e11)

Stanley is back in Miami in the 11th episode of the Golden Girls. He came to sell some property but somehow ended up in Dorothy's bed...

Jul 2, 2020
17 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Episode 10: Scungilli Kills! (Episode 10, s1/e10)

The girls have their first brush with death when Sophia goes from having a bubble in her chest to what she believes is a heart attack.

Jul 1, 2020
25 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Bonus! The Golden Girls & Gay Pride: A Very Special Episode

We are talking about the Girls and the Gays in our first Very Special Episode! In a lot of ways, the show was leaps and bounds ahead of main

Jun 28, 2020
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Rose and Her Older Mother (Episode 9, s1/e9)

We take a scholarly look at the 9th episode in the first season of The Golden Girls, Blanche and the Younger Man. As the title suggests, ...

Jun 27, 2020
15 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Fudge, Yarn, & Gun (Episode 8, s1/e8)

We take a look at the 8th episode of The Golden Girls, The Break-In. As the title suggests, the girls' home is broken into and each is left

Jun 26, 2020
16 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Bowling with a Full Heart and Full Bosom (Episode 7, s1/e7)

The girls go bowling. Rose takes it too seriously, & Blanche just wants to look cute in her bowling outfit.

Jun 25, 2020
20 min

[TRANSCRIPT] We Do for Family, We Don't Do for Rat Tails (Episode 6, s1/e6)

Blanche's disrespectful grandson David visits Miami and learns important lessons about chores, discipline, and handicapped animals.

Jun 24, 2020
18 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Ask the Towel Lady! (Episode 5, s1/ep5)

In The Triangle, Dorothy's housecall-making doctor boyfriend makes a pass at Blanche, and Blanche is put in the awkward position of havin...

Jun 23, 2020
15 min

[TRANSCRIPT] Organ Transplants and Water Skiing Accidents: Bigger in the 80s? (Episode 4, s1/e4)

We take a look at the 4th episode of The Golden Girls, Transplant. Blanche's sister Virginia makes her first appearance and comes with a ...

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INTELLECTUALIZING THE GOLDEN GIRLS