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Emilia Clarke Insists 'Game Of Thrones' Isn't Sexist

Emilia Clarke defends 'Game of Thrones' against anti-feminist claims. Photo: HBO

While many critics claim Game of Thrones is anti-feminist in its depiction of women, Emilia Clarke won't have a bar of it.

As one of the show's biggest stars, the 29-year-old actress sat down with Entertainment Weekly to talk season 6, and things quickly got on to the topic of feminism.

"There’s so much controversy. Yet that’s what’s beautiful about Game of Thrones – it’s depiction of women in so many different stages of development," says Clarke.

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"There are women depicted as sexual tools, women who have zero rights, women who are queens but only to a man, and then there are women who are literally unstoppable and as powerful as you can possibly imagine."

"So it pains me to hear people taking Thrones out of context with [an] anti-feminist spin — because you can’t do that about this show. It shows the range that happens to women, and ultimately shows women are not only equal, but have a lot of strength."

As for what we can expect from her character Daenerys Targaryen, who we last saw being captured by the Dothrak in the Season 5 finale, Clarke says she's "not being swayed by anyone" this time around.

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Emilia Clarke at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar party. Photo: Getty Images

"This season it feels like she’s learning the last lesson she needs to learn. She’s not being swayed by anyone. She knows what’s-what. There’s just few remnants of being a human being that she’s shaking off."

"This is not the khalasar that she conquered. She knows all too well that getting on the wrong side of the Dothraki is not what you want to be doing. But on the same breath she’s kind of a Dothraki at heart because that’s where she learned her strength. Not just that she’s fireproof and gave birth to dragons, but her strength as a woman.