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Apr 2018
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Episode 188: Discussing "Lysistrata" and...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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Concluding our discussion of Aristophanes's play with Lucy Lawless and Emily Perkins. We focus on trying to connect its lessons to the here and now: Is Lysistrata's victory properly described as the ascension of some kind of "feminine spirit" over warlike values, and how does that actually relate to women's struggles now to attain positions of power?

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