“Your best American girl”: Race, gender and labour in Life is Strange: True Colors (re-upload)

Описание: TW // Depictions of blood and needles. Discussions of and depictions of sexual violence and abuse; physical abuse; xenophobia; racism; child abuse; death and grief.

Join us for the ultimate deep dive into Life is Strange: True Colors. We'll be asking, what exactly is empathy, and what do race and gender have to do with it? How are sex and romance represented in the game? And how does the game address the effects that capitalism has on our lives?

(Re-uploaded and re-edited due to some copyright issues - now with more comprehensive on-screen references!)

Contents:
0:00 - Intro
3:52 - Key concept
24:38 - I. Your mother wouldn't approve of how your mother raised me, but I do (I think I do)
25:50 - I.i. Empathy
34:10 - I.ii. The nuclear family
39:54 - I.iii. Foster care
49:00 - I.iv. Psychiatry
54:00 I.v. Housing
57:06 - I.vi. The racism of foster care
1:11:55 - I.vii. Conclusion (just of this section)
1:19:34 - II. Nothing cuts like a mother
1:25:02 - III. Everything is sex, except sex, which is power (and production)
1:58:17 - IV. Typhon cares!
2:09:48 - V. Conclusion
2:12:06 - Outro

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Full reference list:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i...

Music:
Charlotte's Anger - Unknown
Haven - Novo Amor
Heavy Gets Light - Angus and Julia Stone
Hold On To - Angus and Julia Stone
Imagining a future in Haven - Unknown
Living Underground - Angus and Julia Stone
Tears - Angus and Julia Stone
Thank You - Dido

Resources:
Fonts: Poppins
Artwork: Fiona Marchbank @FionaCreates
Media Logos: Wikimedia Commons