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"We'd love to see her having her Mitski "Best American Girl" journey of, was I actually into Jason? Or was Jason a blank canvas of like, the white blonde man, for me to project my romance onto?" - Carter
*SPOILER WARNING: Part of this episode contains spoilers from Trials of Apollo that involve Ms. Piper McLean*
Welcome to Erica, Carter, Jackson, and Ola working as a group to unpack all the Jason Grace feelings together. Why is he here? What tropes is he working within and against? What exactly is his arc? There are endless thoughts to be had and essays to read on the white male protagonist and other concepts we *very* lightly brush upon in the show so as always, here are some links for more reading.
This very long 2018 Vox article/meditation on the white male protagonist: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/10/17925740/tv-protagonists-sexual-misconduct-antiheroes
This list: https://bookriot.com/casually-racist-things-that-white-authors-do/
Just one mini-video on ~Compulsory Heterosexuality~ (first coined by Adrienne Rich in Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5S8O0FpS8
Some ideas on Tropes Piper/Jason's POV of Piper falls dangerously close to:
Indifferent Beauty
Unkempt Beauty
So Beautiful Its a Curse Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/seaweed-brain-podcast?ref_id=21682
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"We'd love to see her having her Mitski "Best American Girl" journey of, was I actually into Jason? Or was Jason a blank canvas of like, the white blonde man, for me to project my romance onto?" - Carter
*SPOILER WARNING: Part of this episode contains spoilers from Trials of Apollo that involve Ms. Piper McLean*
Welcome to Erica, Carter, Jackson, and Ola working as a group to unpack all the Jason Grace feelings together. Why is he here? What tropes is he working within and against? What exactly is his arc? There are endless thoughts to be had and essays to read on the white male protagonist and other concepts we *very* lightly brush upon in the show so as always, here are some links for more reading.
This very long 2018 Vox article/meditation on the white male protagonist: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/10/17925740/tv-protagonists-sexual-misconduct-antiheroes
This list: https://bookriot.com/casually-racist-things-that-white-authors-do/
Just one mini-video on ~Compulsory Heterosexuality~ (first coined by Adrienne Rich in Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5S8O0FpS8
Some ideas on Tropes Piper/Jason's POV of Piper falls dangerously close to:
Indifferent Beauty
Unkempt Beauty
So Beautiful Its a Curse Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/seaweed-brain-podcast?ref_id=21682

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