Tag Archives: Colonialism and other problematic issues

Outlander 4.05 Savages

Claire & Jamie from Outlander, Season 4. They're clad in frontier garb and are standing on rocks with a forest in the background.

Content Warning for racial violence. The title card is a man buying a small doll, and it’s wrapped up in a checkered cloth. Claire and Adawehi sit by a creek, washing plants, and Adewahi teaches Claire some Cherokee. She also gives Claire a plant, and tells her it’s for “the mother.” You make a tea (from… the leaves? Stalk? Flowers? How much, how long do you let it steep? Look, I did not suffer through … Continue reading Outlander 4.05 Savages

Book Review

Lady Emily’s Exotic Journey by Lillian Marek

Lady Emily’s Exotic Journey

I jumped on this ARC because it was set in Iraq (Mosul, Ninevah). I did have colonialism concerns- she’s a British lady travelling through the Middle East with her family in the 1860s, so there’s a lot of “swiping of artifacts” and “you don’t have a flag so this land is ours” things happening in reality and it’s awkward to write about. Marek tries really hard. Emily is a pampered daughter of an earl, but … Continue reading Lady Emily’s Exotic Journey by Lillian Marek