when presented with a mother daughter dynamic rather than a father daughter dynamic does the story of the last of us still work? short answer no, long answer see above video essay.

in today's video we examine gender roles for parents under the patriarchy, complicated mother daughter relationships and how a general public audience reacts to all of the above.

contains spoilers for:

the last of us part 1 / season 1
the evil within 2
logan
hereditary
sharp objects
just like home by sarah gailey
nightbitch by rachel yoder

chapters:
0:00 intro
5:45 part one red ribbons & invisible strings
19:09 part two everything changes & everything stays the same
31:00 part three save who you can save, unless...
41:06 part four my father is the worst man alive & I am his favorite daughter
1:00:39 part five reflections on shattered mirrors
1:34:10 part six inherit the earth

videos taken from the last of us, hereditary, the haunting of hill house, sharp objects and ladybird.

music from epidemic sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/57xzcy

references:
https://time.com/5876597/motherhoodamerica/
https://epiloguers.com/loganthelastofu...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019...
https://genderhistory.pubpub.org/pub/theg...
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...


all opinions stated are my own, I know nothing.