Did you notice something unusual about Daenerys Targaryen’s first major war council since touching down in Dragonstone in Game of Thrones’ “Stormborn?”
Girls! We run this mother (yeah).
As Dany is gearing up for her takeover of Westeros, she’s marshalling her armies, and nearly all of them are run by women. Houses Martell, Tyrell, Greyjoy, and Targaryen were all represented by badass bitches, accompanied by three eunuchs, a handmaiden, and, to use the epithet once thrown at Tyrion Lannister, a “half-man.”
In other words: a conspicuous (near-)absence of cock. A 9:1 person-to-penis ratio, in fact.
Read more ‘On Game of Thrones, Dany’s War Council Proved You Don’t Need a Penis to Run Westeros’ at slate.com.
Rachel Rose Withers 