Results for: representation
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Never Have I Ever’s Queer South Asian Representation Is a Cop Out
The writers seem more interested in giving fans the pairing they wanted to see after season two rather than developing Aneesa as a nuanced character in her own right.
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Will ‘Baby Reindeer’ Welcome a New Era of Complex Television?
We cannot fight stigmas around transness, queerness, and surviving abuse by reducing the complexities of life into rules and checklists.
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“Never Have I Ever Season Four” Stepped Right Into the Affirmative Action Debate
As in previous seasons, it’s hard not to feel that a show that’s theoretically about raising the profile of an often-misrepresented racial minority in America, instead completely misrepresents racism as it exists in America.
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Yes, “Griselda” On Netflix Is Bisexual — But Does That Matter?
What’s the line between the raw knuckled ambition of greed and capitalism that are at the root of crime genres, and the slimy, glamorous girlboss-ification of a notorious killer?
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“Love on the Spectrum” Fails to Give Its Queer Woman the Dates She Deserves
While I was happy for Journey to be able to date, it felt like she was denied the opportunity to have age and experience-level appropriate encounters.
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Throughout Its Four Seasons, “Sex Education” Showed Us a Better Way
Worse sex education and less adolescent autonomy has consequences — consequences no show can overcome. It’s admirable to watch this one try.
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“Girls5eva” Season Three Is Gay and on a Mission
On the new season of Girls5Eva, Gloria is determined to sleep with every type of girl from “pre-Friends Courtney Cox” to “cigar mommis.”
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Netflix’s Latest Teen Drama “Everything Now” Provides Very Queer and Honest Depiction of Anorexia
Everything Now finds an impressive balance: It doesn’t romanticize eating disorders, of course, but it also doesn’t sensationalize them.
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“Elite” Season 6 Is a Mess — and Not the Fun Kind
Season six brutally buries a gay, becomes reductive in its trans storytelling, and generally misses the mark.
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“Resident Evil” Has a Lesbian CEO to Die For
Evelyn Marcus is a sociopathic CEO first, a lesbian second. And that’s the kind of queer villain we deserve.
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I Loved “Archive 81” — Then I Found Out Melody Got “Straightwashed”
By erasing Melody’s queerness, Archive 81 gains nothing and loses a lot.
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It’s Time to Talk about It, “Never Have I Ever” Has a Race Problem
Fabiola’s story taps into a real dynamic in queer communities, but “Never Have I Ever” couldn’t bring itself to actually identify the problem for what it truly is: racism.
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Lena Waithe’s “Master of None” Could’ve Settled for Being Black and Beautiful, But It Chose Complicated Instead
The third season Master of None eschews any clean, simple picture. When a happy love story about Black lesbians in love would have been easier, instead it holds up a mirror of what we don’t like to see.
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“The Circle” Is Here With Bisexual Chaos — and Spice Girls!
I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I knew next to nothing about the Spice Girls before this season of The Circle, but I can now confidently say that I would die for Mel B.
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Is Marriage or Mortgage a Reality Show About Crime Girlfriends or What?!
This business model is very f*cked up and sometimes it even works! Nichole and Sarah are also clearly constantly trying to slyly top one another.
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Legend of Korra: A Flawed Show for A Flawed World
In many ways Legend of Korra is more timely than ever because it forces us to examine our hero worship and the notion that one person will save us from destruction or that the simple removal of one villain will solve all of our problems.
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As a Queer South Asian, “Never Have I Ever” Been So Let Down
The reason I didn’t like “Never Have I Ever” wasn’t because I didn’t feel seen. It’s because Mindy Kaling and I are clearly looking at the same world, but Kaling is expecting me to overlook all of its pain.
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Ginny & Georgia’s Lesbian Gets a Refreshingly Typical Teen Dating Story
Ginny & Georgia has a very typical teenage dating story but made it queer, just for us.
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Netflix’s “The Circle” Is The Bisexual Chaos You’re Looking For
“It’s not a fair comparison because Are You The One? was entirely queer and went on all summer and sooo many people I know were watching. However, I will say no one on AYTO was as crushable as Sammie.”
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Fortune Feimster’s “Sweet and Salty” Is a Love Letter to Lesbian Tomboys
Fortune Feimster’s long-overdue solo hour-long stand-up special is even gayer than you hoped it would be.