Post grad researcher Lucy Rivers is back for another look at TV. This time around, we’re discussing the women of the Netflix series BoJack Horseman. Even though the show has a male lead, the women he surrounds himself with are a vitally important part of the show. In her academic work, Lucy has explored how mental illness is represented on TV through the lens of BoJack Horseman.

If you’ve never seen the show, be warned that there are spoilers.

And if you have seen BoJack, you are familiar with the darkness the brightly colored animated characters hold within themselves. Including the female characters, who essentially become main characters throughout the run of the show.

Amie and Lucy discuss the portrayal of Princess Carolyn, Diane, Beatrice, and Gina and how they fit into the new era of television.

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