Torturous births in House of the Dragon dramatise the question of whether women deserve to be more than just a womb
- Written by Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury

The premiere episode of Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, The Heirs of the Dragon, establishes its central themes of gender and power in a bloody fashion. Its shocking depiction of a fatal cesarean birth is notable for its brutality – but also for how it reflects on histories of pregnant representation and reproductive...