Portal is a Feminist Masterpiece | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios

Portal is a Feminist Masterpiece | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios

PBS Game/Show

2016-01-05

Video Recording

PBS Game/Show

Video Recording

Is Portal a fight against the patriarchy?

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Many would agree that there are strong feminist themes throughout Portal, but to name a masterpiece is a daunting task. Sure, the main character is a badass female using her intelligence and courage to break free of oppression. But is the entire plot really a comment on women's equality, or something else entirely? As always, discuss your interpretations in the comment section!

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ASSET LINKS:

0:41 Square Enix & Kim Swift Preview Quantum Conundrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqGR6...

0:43 Kim Swift's call to arms: 'We need to change the makeup of our industry'
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/3/38307...

0:56 Monsterpiece Theater - The 39 Stairs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzjM6...

1:01 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Jjy...

1:02 The Handmaid's Tale - Official Trailer (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQ4x...

1:34 SAUSAGE FEST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKy1...

2:08 Feminist Classics Book Club: A Room of One’s Own
http://www.gender-focus.com/2011/05/1...

2:18 Identifying the Misbehaving Woman in 'Portal 2'
http://www.popmatters.com/post/140585...

2:32 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99...

2:35 GlaDOS2
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Fil...

3:15 Cave & Caroline 70s
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/File:...

4:21 Is Portal A Girls’ Game?
http://m-v-b.tumblr.com/post/53572449...

4:28 Lucille Bluth Wink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zb1l...

5:16 Luke Confronts Darth Vader - Return of the Jedi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en8bh...

5:20 Absalom, Absalom!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalom...

5:46 Portal 2 - Turret Opera Translated to English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_WS...

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MUSIC:

""Oh Damn!"" by CJVSO
https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj...

""Digital Sonar"" by Brink

""Mindphuck"" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr...

""After Hours""

""Lakes"" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns...

""Beautiful Days"" by Extan
https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut...

""Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix"" by Foniqz
https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f...

""Good Way Song"" by Electronic Rescue

""Alice y Bob"" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_...

""Sleet"" by Kubbi
https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet

""Toaster"" by Kubbi
https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster

""Patriotic Songs of America"" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New...

""Lets Go Back To The Rock"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...

""Run"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...

""Fame"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...

""Freedom Weekends"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...

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2016-01-13 22:55:14

2016-01-05

YouTube

496 seconds

Portal is a Feminist Masterpiece | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios

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