THE PIERCED POMEGRANATE TAVERN: CHECK OUT OUR NEW MENU! FRESH ELEMENTS & FEATURES FOR ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY ON SEASON 4 OF TRUE BLOOD

Thirsty for a Fresh Take on All Things True Blood?

WELCOME! Thirsty for a fresh take on all things True Blood? Pull up a virtual barstool at the Pierced Pomegranate Tavern where sisters Rachel and Rebecca are serving up juicy feminist analysis with a twist and opening a vein of thoughtful sociocultural dialogue on HBO's hit series.

Like the epic literary salons of eras past - theaters for conversation and debate which were, incidentally, started and run by women; where the spirited debate about the issues of the day ran as copiously as the actual spirits did - but updated for the digital age, the Pierced Pomegranate Tavern is a fun forum for exploring questions ripe for discourse about the human condition & today's most crucial social issues through the medium of True Blood.

Your salonnières are not peddling liquor per se, but they are offering up new and alternative ideas informed by such diverse influences as pop culture, art, music, cultural history, Goddess studies, transformative theory, literature and poetry, and archaeomythology, filtered through the sieve of their own lived experiences as feminist women of a particular age, background, and culture.

This is a space where you - patrons and passersby alike - can view and engage with these perspectives through the lens of True Blood and contribute your own thoughts. So, no matter if you're a Truebie or a more casual viewer of True Blood, or your drink of choice is a pomegranate martini - one of Rachel's favorite cocktails to drink and Rebecca's to mix - an herbal tea, a frothy double mocha latte, or a can of Fresca (wink, wink) you're invited to join the conversation on the show's complexities in a way that can spark transformation.

Hopefully you'll find something to sink your teeth...err...straw, into! PLEASE ENJOY RESPONSIBLY ;-)

Saturday, June 4, 2011

CHECK OUT OUR NEW MENU! FRESH ELEMENTS & FEATURES FOR ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY ON SEASON 4 OF TRUE BLOOD

A NEW MENU'S IN THE WORKS AT THE PIERCED POMEGRANATE TAVERN; WANT TO TAKE A PEAK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE?

WE PROMISE, IT'S NOTHING LIKE WHAT GOES ON IN MERLOTTE'S WALK-IN!

UPON THE PREMIERE OF TRUE BLOOD'S SEASON 4, WE'LL BE DOING WEEK-BY-WEEK ANALYSIS OF EACH EPISODE AND PROVIDING UP-TO-THE-MINUTE COVERAGE OF THE WORLD REVOLVING AROUND AND RELATING TO TB.

WITH THAT IN MIND, HERE'S SOME OF THE FRESH, NEW ELEMENTS & FEATURES WE'LL BE SERVING UP REGULARLY HERE AT THE PPT COME SEASON 4'S PREMIERE:

HAPPY HOUR: Photos from our premiere and weekly viewing parties.

QUICK SHOTS: Our 1st impressions after viewing each episode; the salon will officially be open for conversation after each week's QUICK SHOTS are served up immediately following the show.

WEDNESDAY'S TRUE BLOOD HAIR OF THE DOG: Your best True Blood hangover remedy; by Wednesday we'll have had time to process our reactions and you'll be thirsty for next week's episode. We'll offer a sip of what ails you by revisiting the previous Sunday's episode with in-depth commentary and analysis - sometimes served neat (written by just one of us) and sometimes as a "2fer" (written by both of us in a back-and-forth, co-authored, conversational style).

GUEST BARTENDING: When we take our tavern on the road and temporarily set up shop at True Blood related fan conventions, academic conferences, etc. We'll post about what's seen and heard around these events, talk about our role in them, provide local flavor travelogue style, etc.

LOCAL BREW: Coverage of Metro NYC blog and True Blood related events we attend like BlogHer meet ups, New York Comic Con, etc.

COCKTAIL SPECIALS: Character centric pieces not necessarily related to the current week's episode; profiles that trace the growth and development of character truebies (those who have been with us since at least Season 3), introduce newbies, or provide retrospectives on RIP's (the dearly departed from any season).

TRU BLOOD TRU WORLD: A serving of current events that cross over or run parallel with True Blood themes. *We'll serve up a first taste of this new menu item in the days to come, on the recent spate of powerful men perpetrating sexual abuse against subservient women and the issues of consent this trending news raises.

TASTING FLIGHTS: Analysis and commentary more suited to a series than an individual post.

INTO THE WINE CELLAR: Pieces that delve back into vintage True Blood; Seasons 1-3.

VIP'S AT THE PPT: Pieces relating to any cast/crew interviews we are able to land.

GARNISHES: Odds n' ends & extras.

So whatdaya think? Like the new menu? Want to suggest an item? Our ears are open!

More to come...

~ Rachel

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A SALON FOR TODAY - WE'RE YOUR SALONNIÉRES

The European literary salons of the 17th and 18th centuries had intellectuals. They had drinking. They had conversation and debate. They were social and stimulating places where Enlightenment-era movers-and-shakers could linger in pursuit of wisdom and just one more glass.

Over the centuries, salons have played a historic role in enriching literary and philosophical movements and have built bridges between artists and thought leaders, this has had a major impact on intellectual and cultural life.

Salonnières played a central role in salon life; since most paths to formal higer education were closed to them, these abitious, intelligent, self-educated, and educating women adopted and implemented Enlightenment values to shape salons as informal universities where they too could exchange ideas, receive and give criticism, read their own works and hear the works and ideas of others.

At a time when society was dominated by men, the salonnières (nicknamed "Blue Stockings"; a term that even today connotes intellectual women) exerted powerful influence in the salons they convened, selecting their guests, deciding about the subjects of their meetings, and directing the discussion.

The Pierced Pomegranate Tavern is inspired by the old-school salons and designed to carry the flavor of the Enlightenment era's venerable houses of drink and debate into the 21st century, with a few exceptions.

Where the salons of old were at times elitist and exclusive, this forum is open and inclusive.

We're your salonnières, here to foster a fun and safe atmosphere for sociocultural and political discourse through the medium of True Blood that feels more social and less academic, to get the conversation going, and to keep it on track.

Feminist philosopher Mara Keller reinterprets Persephone’s ingestion of the pomegranate seeds as being part of her sexual initiation into womanhood. She writes:

Death, life, male, female and, above all, the irrepressible power of reproduction—all are found in the image of the pomegranate seed. It is this seed that Persephone takes within her body—literally incorporating it into her own being. With this seed, she becomes a new person: whole, mature, fertile, and infinitely more complex than before. Having tasted it, she has crossed a barrier from which there can be no turning back.

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