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The Euphoria Effect
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The Euphoria Effect
ADDICTION
With a large part of the show centered around Rue's recovery, addiction plays a pivotal role in the HBO hit series.
EUPHORIA & DRUG USE
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Does Euphoria "glamorize" drug usage?
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Are some scenes too intense?
DEBATE
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Does the show accurately portray addiction?
Do you think viewers who struggle with addiction are better off after watching the show?
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GENDER
A look into how Euphoria deals with gender in today's society
Jules Vaughn
JULES
- Central character in Euphoria
- Transgender
- Euphoria is able to explore themes of gender and fluidity through Jules' character
- Complex identity outside of gender
- Positive representation for Trans youth in America
EXPLORING
GENDER
EXPLORING GENDER IN EUPHORIA
- Judith Butlers Gender Performativity Theory - "Gender is an act that has been rehearsed."
- "Gender reality is performative, which means that it is only as real as the extent it is performed"
- "Certain acts may conform to or contest the idea of a particular gender identity, by challenging expectation."
Euphoria successfully takes themes from academic writings, and pushes them to mainstream media allowing audiences to have a better grasp on gender/sexuality thanks to Jules Vaughn
SEXUALITY/RELATIONSHIPS
The complex up and downs of how character sexuality and relationships are depicted throughout the show.
SEXUALITY/RELATIONSHIPS
SEXUALITY
The Unimportance of Labeling
- Unique/Modern handling of the queer experience
- "Euphoria allows characters to express their gender and sexuality on a spectrum while giving them a complex identity which isn't centered around their queer expression" - The Crescent Magazine
RELATIONSHIPS
KAT & MADDY
"The erotic offers a well of replenishing and provocative force to the woman who does not fear its revelation, nor succumb to the belief that sensation is enough." - Audre Lorde
The term "battered woman" is used as though it is an identity...as though the experience of being violently hit is the sole defining characteristic of a womans identity... and all other aspects have been submerged." - Fleetwood
TROPES
"HOMOPHOBIC HETEROSEXUAL" TROPE
Nate and Cal Jacobs demonstrate the painfully overdone "homophobic heterosexual" trope that has been present in far too many LGBTQ television series for years.
Cal's behavior enforces the harmful stereotype of older gay men being predatory and more likely to be pedophilic.
Dangers of repressed sexuality, or harmfully displaying closeted queer men?
EFFECT ON US
CONCLUSION
Lauren Josephs
- Harmful or helpful, Euphoria sparks dialogue
- "So we are working in context of opposition and threat...that virulent hatred treated against all women, people of color, lesbians, gay men, poor people...as we resist our oppression. - Audre Lorde