ATLA's "The Painted Lady" | Colonial Myths, False Gods, and a Climate Avatar?

Update: 2021-11-02

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Welcome to Cartoon Revolution's very first episode!

This month, Deidra and Sonya discuss Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Painted Lady” (S3E3), specifically myths of colonization and saviors (both human and godlike), climate narratives in cartoons, and human agency to solve world problems. Katara fangirling included.

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