KDTime: Squad Goals

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Squad up!

Gang gang gang!

Let me stop😂. A squad can best be described as a group, gang, or team and if you have several friends or people you hang out they are your squad. Your people, your posse, gang gang 😂. The people you like to keep in your inner circle have certain attributes and qualities to bring to the group. I have a tight knit circle that I love and they love me. I do my best to express my feelings and thoughts to them and we have a lot of fun. 

Having any kind of friend group has it's advantages and disadvantages though because when you disagree with a least one person of the group and it isn't resolved it can cause big tensions. It's kind of funny how shows will have friends get over certain things quickly when in the real world that isn't always the case. Sometimes friends grow distant, but the ones who are meant to stay in your circle do and the ones who aren't meant to stay, don't. 

With all this being said let's get into the episode shall we. In this episode I talk about Iron Maidens, Sex-Symbols, Mothers, and Child-like tropes in some four women cast ensemble TV shows. These have been seen through a lot of TV shows but for this particular episode, I only speak about The Golden Girls, Living Single, Girlfriends, and Pretty Little Liars. Three sitcoms and one drama. Plenty of four women cast ensembles explore the archetypes mentioned but for these four shows I've seen every episode and can see the types outright especially in the first season of each of these shows.

Here are the archetypes and Goddess counterparts:

Iron Maidens can also be considered the mothers of the group because they tend to make decisions that affect the group in a more stable light. They bring forth the most feminist perspective of all the other archetypes. Archetype meaning a typical example of a certain person or thing. They are often depicted as independent and in no serious need of a man but at the same time vulnerable to men who open them up or break down their walls. Normally their independence would shine as a strength especially when it comes to standing up for what's right and unjust. Her comparison to a goddess would be Artemis. Artemis is confident, strong, goal-oriented, independent and embodies feminist ideals.

The children of the group don’t always make the best decisions and serve as less competent dependents. Often going to the mother or iron maiden of their groups for guidance and help. Most of the time decisions are made for them. When compared to a goddess their characteristics are the same as Persephone. Persephone is the goddess who is passive, compliant and child-like. Someone who is seen as weak and in need of rescue. 

The sex objects or symbols are seen as desirable, wanted, needed and they downplay their intellect because they want to be wanted. This trope characterizes women solely by their beauty and sexuality. The equivalent goddess is Aphrodite. One song that came to mind is She’s So High by Tal Bachman because of the lyrics. He’s so enamored by this person that he immediately puts himself down because he doesn’t think he could match her. Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty and her power comes from her sex appeal, her sexuality.

The Mothers are supportive, helpful, advisors, and comforters. The mother of the group is usually looked to for emotional advice or support and often the one who will more often than not listen to the others of the group. Most women represent this maternal extinct in all aspects of their lives whether it's with close friends, friends in general or in the workplace with coworkers. The maternal goddess similar to this trope is Demeter. Demeter is the goddess of the harvest. She is actually the mother of Persephone.