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Feb 3, 20221 min read

Witnessing Both Chaos & Comfort: Intellectualizing The Golden Girls While the World Burns

As the premiere "scholarly" Golden Girls podcast, we'd be remiss if we didn't officially contribute some scholarship of our own out into...

Oct 2, 20212 min read

'Mixed Blessings' is Back on Hulu. Relatedly, here are some non-performative ways to fight racism.

With Mixed Blessings back on Hulu, perhaps we could all use a refresher of anti-racist resources.

Sep 13, 20212 min read

Golden Roundup!: Real Mud, Nova Scotia, 36th Debut Anniversary, & More

A quick roundup of some of the latest and greatest Golden Girls content on the web.

Jun 16, 20211 min read

All of the Myriad Ways The Golden Girls is Goddamn Golden, with Scholar Jared Clayton Brown

Let's talk chili cheese fries, Norman, Lear, and how The Golden Girls unifies even the more disparate of groups.

Jun 11, 20211 min read

What Do The Golden Girls Have to Do with the COVID-19 Pandemic? Lots, Actually.

Dorothy battled Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and now 30 years later we have Covid-19 and nothing's changed.

Jun 8, 20211 min read

The Worst Golden Girls Episode of All Time Isn't a Golden Girls Episode

Yes, of course it's "Empty Nests." But it doesn't even feature The Golden Girls all that much, so we won't allow it.

May 28, 20211 min read

Scholarship on The Golden Girls Funko Pop! Figurines? You Bet!

The Golden Girls' Funko Pop! figurines are hot stuff, but something is odd to us about the Dorothy one.

May 27, 202116 min read

Was Sicily As Bad as Sophia Joked it Was? Well, Yes.

Picture it: Sicily, Sophia Petrillo's homeland on The Golden Girls. Was it as poor as she described?

Mar 31, 20215 min read

The Magic of The Golden Girls: Deconstructing the Sitcom with Scholar Nicole Kypker

Golden Girls scholar Nicole Kypker has written two academic papers on The Golden Girls -- on representations of second-wave feminism and the

Mar 19, 202111 min read

All of The Golden Girls Villains, Ranked

Who is the absolute worst person to appear on The Golden Girls? This list ranks them all from least to most offensive.

Mar 14, 20211 min read

Star-Studded Guest Stars on The Golden Girls, as Discussed with Meanwhile at the Podcast

While we at Enough Wicker are Golden Girls scholars, we won't pretend we are full pop culture scholars. I mean, we could hold our own on...

Dec 31, 20201 min read

Enough Wicker's 2020 Year in Review: [INFOGRAPHIC]

A Golden Girls scholarly podcast, academic interviews, and more: 2020 was quite the year.

Dec 29, 20201 min read

We Hit 10,000 Streams! (Split Four Ways, That's Almost 2,000 Streams a Piece)

What's even better than a $10,000 lottery ticket in Michael Jackson's jacket? 10,000 streams of the Enough Wicker Golden Girls podcast!

Dec 22, 202029 min read

A Complete List of the Dark & Dramatic Themes in The Golden Girls

For a sitcom, The Golden Girls covered all sorts of unsettling and heavy themes like prostitution, bestiality, & death. Here's the list.

Dec 2, 20201 min read

Is Vanna White's Autobiography Really "A Hell of a Book"?

Dorothy Zbornak recommends Vanna White's autobiography "Vanna Speaks" to Stan's cousin Magda. But is it good?

Oct 28, 202012 min read

These 21 Styles of Comedy Explain Why The Golden Girls is Such a Hilarious Show

Three scholarly explorations of the types of humor explain what makes The Golden Girls one of the funniest sitcoms ever.

Oct 24, 20206 min read

What if Friendship Like The Golden Girls, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life? [The Atlantic]

Rhaina Cohen's Atlantic article "What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?" has The Golden Girls written all over it.

Oct 13, 202010 min read

The Iron Maiden, Sex Object, Child, & Mother: A Golden Girls Archetype Explainer

How The Golden Girls characters fit into ancient feminine archetypes -- and what that says about how we view women.

Sep 29, 20207 min read

The Golden Girls Cookbook: Your Guide to Making All of the Recipes from the Show -- and Then Some

Recipes from The Golden Girls, as well as those inspired by Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, & Sophia.

Sep 13, 20201 min read

Never Watched the Golden Girls? Here's Where to Start

If you've never watched The Golden Girls, here's a beginner's guide to help you dig in.