11 Nicer Things I’d Like To Give To Eleven From “Stranger Things,” That Sweet Dove Of a Child
I just want to pick her up like I am a grown-up panda and she is a baby panda.
I just want to pick her up like I am a grown-up panda and she is a baby panda.
If you’ve yet to watch Episode 412 of “Orange is the New Black,” be aware that this post contains epic spoilers.
Imagine you’re a child today and you’re watching Steven Universe: The Return and you finally see yourself not only represented on a show that’s specifically made for you, but treated with respect, love and reverence — and then imagine that you’re finally able feel those things about yourself.
In eleven weeks, queer fans of The 100 have completely revolutionized the conversation about about how TV treats its LGBT characters, and they’re showing no signs of slowing down.
All it takes is treating two women with scorching on-screen chemistry the same way you’d treat an opposite-sex pairing with that same rare and wondrous spark.
“Just needed a change. Got a new job. Fell in love.”
On HBO and in the real world, Americans often choose to engage with female politicians as nothing more than bitches.
The fourth season of Orphan Black fully focuses on the things that made the first season so special.
All the camp and Canadian-ness of Lost Girl, all the angst and antagonism of Jessica Jones.
Supergirl’s feminism is definitely 101, but we all had to start somewhere.
It has been 24 episodes since Emily had a real love interest. The longest any other Liar has gone without a love interest is three episodes.
Look at Kate Kane, out on a date with Renee Montoya and fighting alongside Batman on TV like it’s no big deal.
New Girl, How to Get Away With Murder, and The 100 have all brought more depth and nuance to queerness than the majority of Lesbian Kiss Episodes have ever achieved.
Jane the Virgin has put a pin in its Rafael-Jane-Michael love triangle and turned its attention to a Rose-Luisa-Susanna one.
There has never been a show like this on television, one that moves with warm precision from scene to scene, self-assuredly asking questions about race, immigration, sexism, modern love, and (brilliantly) minority media representation.
Adventure Time’s first mini-series, Stakes, colors in Marceline’s past and brings her into the coming of age conversation that makes this show so great.
Jessica Jones is not a perfect television show, but it is a perfect punch in the face to the reasons the art of superhero storytelling has mutated into one of the most sexist industries in America.
“My heart did a flip because I remember the sudden shift where my body went from stranger to home, and now I was watching this shift happen to someone else. And maybe this is why these shows exist: because someone else is going to want that feeling, they’re going to recognize themselves.”
At one point in my notes I wrote “I’m really happy that they didn’t murder this trans girl,” only to watch her die in the hospital two scenes later. That’s how the whole episode went — any time I would get hopeful, they would let me down again.
“I’m still processing this. I’m not okay.”