Game of Thrones: Medieval fantasy or glorified softcore porn?

q's pop culture panel weighs in on the worthy, contentious, and mind-boggling stories from the week in arts and entertainment. Opinionated and irreverent, our panel takes pop culture seriously (but not too seriously).

Today, senior editor at Chatelaine Rachel Giese, Esquire columnist Stephen Marche and NOW Magazine film critic Norm Wilner join Shad to discuss:

• The sixth season of Game of Thrones is just around the corner, but the show's increasingly brutal depictions of sexualized violence have caused some viewers to question how it portrays female characters. Does the aesthetic treatment of such assault scenes turn women on the show into "sexual tools" or are these depictions in line with the medieval setting?
  
• As Disney's new version of The Jungle Book hits the top spot at the box office, some critics are revisiting the contentious history of its source material. The original book was a controversial piece of literature and the animated 1967 film had its own issues with cultural insensitivity, but are critics being too harsh when they judge the past by today's standards?  
  
• North Carolina's anti-LGBTQ bill — dubbed the "bathroom bill" — has been met with protests including performers like Bruce Springsteen canceling events they had planned in the state. Other artists, like Cyndi Lauper, are keeping their performances, but donating the proceeds to LGBTQ causes. Which form of protest is more productive?