Is The White Princess Empowering?

Is The White Princess Empowering?

I love period dramas. Like most things in my life, I blame Xena for that. This past week I was able to watch a special screening of The White Princess through Refinery29. It was an interesting watch. I am not a fan of Phillippa Gregory's interpretations of the women involved in the Wars of the Roses. However, I do often enjoy these types of shows because, despite it all, I know there are good acting and eye candy. The White Princess was no different and while I was watching it and listening to the Q&A after, I was thinking about how we tell the stories of women in history. Specifically as to how they choose to portray empowerment. 

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Articles:
http://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/149882/the-white-princess-henry-lizzie-rape-scene

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/entertainment/white-princess-starz/

http://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/150003/the-white-princess-starz-cast-mostly-female

Recommended Reading:
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Sisters-Women-Behind-Roses/dp/0465060986/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493010738&sr=8-1&keywords=blood+sisters

https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Roses-Fall-Plantagenets-Tudors/dp/0143127888/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0143127888&pd_rd_r=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5&pd_rd_w=r41FS&pd_rd_wg=xtp1h&psc=1&refRID=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5

https://www.amazon.com/Game-Queens-Women-Sixteenth-Century-Europe/dp/0465096786/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0465096786&pd_rd_r=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5&pd_rd_w=r41FS&pd_rd_wg=xtp1h&psc=1&refRID=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5

https://www.amazon.com/Plantagenets-Warrior-Kings-Queens-England/dp/0143124927/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0143124927&pd_rd_r=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5&pd_rd_w=r41FS&pd_rd_wg=xtp1h&psc=1&refRID=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5


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