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

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Is Portal a fight against the patriarchy? Subscribe to PBS Game/Show! http://bit.ly/1BPJ2VE Tweet at us! https://twitter.com/pbsgameshow ↓ More info and sources below ↓ 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! ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­----------------------­-­- Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gameshowpbs Email us! pbsgameshow [at] gmail [dot] com Follow us on Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsgameshow ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­----------------------­-­- ASSET LINKS: 0:41 Square Enix & Kim Swift Preview Quantum Conundrum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqGR6Fwtmu8 0:43 Kim Swift's call to arms: 'We need to change the makeup of our industry' http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/3/3830728/kim-swifts-call-to-arms-we-need-to-change-the-makeup-of-our-industry 0:56 Monsterpiece Theater - The 39 Stairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzjM67rS9ZM 1:01 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3JjyvQzSJI 1:02 The Handmaid's Tale - Official Trailer (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQ4xnyLy1U 1:34 SAUSAGE FEST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKy1iku5ig 2:08 Feminist Classics Book Club: A Room of One’s Own http://www.gender-focus.com/2011/05/12/feminist-classics-book-club-a-room-of-ones-own/ 2:18 Identifying the Misbehaving Woman in 'Portal 2' http://www.popmatters.com/post/140585-her-name-is-caroline-naming-the-misbehaving-woman-in-portal-2/ 2:32 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99300.The_Yellow_Wallpaper_and_Other_Stories 2:35 GlaDOS2 http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/File:Glados2.jpg 3:15 Cave & Caroline 70s http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/File:Cave_caroline_70s.png 4:21 Is Portal A Girls’ Game? http://m-v-b.tumblr.com/post/53572449053/is-portal-a-girls-game 4:28 Lucille Bluth Wink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zb1lZgN9OE 5:16 Luke Confronts Darth Vader - Return of the Jedi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en8bh60K7m8 5:20 Absalom, Absalom! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalom,_Absalom! 5:46 Portal 2 - Turret Opera Translated to English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_WSMEQiiY ----------------------------------------­­­­------------------------ 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... ----------------------------------------­­­------------------------ Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar) See more on games and culture on his site: http://www.killscreendaily.com Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)