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Episode Synopsis
In Episode 9 we looked at power and resistance in the 2021 novel Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. The novel is a mecha reimagining of the rise of China’s first and only female Emperor Wu Zetian set in the nation of Huaxia, a futuristic reinterpretation of Medieval China. In this episode we looked at patriarchal systems and how the main character, Wu Zetian, smashes them with a giant Mecha vermillion bird.
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