among all the prestige period dramas tho, my ranking is probably like:

tudors
borgias
versailles

(the last two are maybe tied, i never finished borgias but versailles had so much violence and was not very fast-paced besides)

granted all three had issues with gratuitous nudity of women especially, and also gratuitous assault scenes, but i do actually feel like it was least egregious in that regard was tudors (altho this is maybe just those scenes vs. total screentime otherwise that’s making me say that, because i think tudors had the most screentime overall).

like, the thomas culpeper scene did not need to be that long, at all, but it was actually based on a historic account (unlike george boleyn’s)

and also it was important that they cast torrance coombs (who is a conventionally attractive, gossip girl-casting-type) as culpeper; because so often period dramas (like poldark– which includes their main, played by a handsome actor, assaulting someone but denies it in the narrative so it doesn’t count– like borgias with lucrezia’s first husband) seem to be trying to make the point that only ugly (specifically, overweight) men can be rapists, and that is certainly not the case, and never has been.

unpopular opinion: having charlotte be raped twice in two seasons was a shitty decision

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

ofwarrens:

Hey, hey, you’re gonna remember my face, ‘cause I’m gonna remember
yours. And this is all going to be over someday, you piece of shit. You should remember your scripture, Mr. Bankole. His Kingdom endureth forever. Fuck you!

milajedora:

I knew I guess, or I should have known. Who feeds ducks at night? It didn’t matter. I loved seeing my mother like that. Later, my Mom told me they were writing down the name of their rapist. And I remember thinking, there were so many pieces of paper. So many, it was like snow.

osbornejune:

The Handmaid’s Tale – Unwomen
“Every month, you held a woman down while your husband raped her. Some things can’t be forgiven. You should die alone.’”

ofwarrens:

Later, my mom told me they were writing down the name of their rapist. And I remember thinking, there were so many pieces of paper. So many, it was like snow.