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

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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Jan 6
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.

Dec 29, 2020
1 min

We Hit 10,000 Streams! (Split Four Ways, That's Almost 2,000 Streams a Piece)

What's even better than a $10,000 lottery ticket in Michael Jackson's jacket? 10,000 streams of the Enough Wicker Golden Girls podcast!

Dec 22, 2020
28 min

A Complete List of the Dark & Dramatic Themes in The Golden Girls

For a sitcom, The Golden Girls covered all sorts of unsettling and heavy themes like prostitution, bestiality, & death. Here's the list.

Dec 2, 2020
1 min

Is Vanna White's Autobiography Really "A Hell of a Book"?

Dorothy Zbornak recommends Vanna White's autobiography "Vanna Speaks" to Stan's cousin Magda. But is it good?

Oct 28, 2020
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.

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INTELLECTUALIZING THE GOLDEN GIRLS