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Warrior Princess: Summer School Lesson 2: Acknowledging Your Emotional Sides

with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker

Reference Material for today’s class:
“Conan: The Barbarian” and “Willow”

While a direct comparison can be drawn between Red Sonja and Xena, she is not the only warrior woman from the past to help in the creation of the self-styled “Warrior Princess.” Read more »

Warrior Princess 101 - Lesson 28: Medieval E.R.

with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker

Reference Materials for today’s class:
Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.24 – Is There a Doctor in the House?

Well here it is, class, the final episode of the first season of “Xena: Warrior Princess.”  We have seen our lovely warrior maiden fight inner demons, outer warlords, and bad dialogue, all while searching for peace, happiness, and probably a good saddle sore ointment (come on, she is riding Argo in a tiny leather skirt.  She has to have HUGE saddle sores by now or wicked hard calluses.) Read more »

Warrior Princess 101 - Lesson 27: Teaching Family a Lesson

with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker
 
Reference Materials for today’s class:
Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.23 – Death Mask
 
Family serves many purposes in the Xenaverse.  They are there to reveal one’s softer side, such as when Xena laments the loss of her younger brother during the first battles that made her the warrior princess.  They are there to lean on when a crisis of faith in one’s self arises, such as when Gabrielle turns to Lila for comfort after freezing up in a fight.  Today, class, we will look at another purpose of family in the Xenaverse: to instruct on the differences between good and evil, and how murdering someone (no matter how evil or nasty or stinky they are) is never the right answer. Read more »

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