“Throughout The Office, Phyllis, Stanley, and Kevin are repeatedly fat shamed in a way that normalizes the mockery rather than satirizing or critiquing it.”
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“Friends punches down on every marginalized identity in sight.”
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“Far from being good representation, Indian Matchmaking imparts false impressions of Indian culture.”
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“The only queer person we see in Love is Blind oscillates between toxic masculinity and emotional instability.”
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“What makes one kind of false representation—language and accent—more acceptable than another, such as race?”
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“Daenerys and Cersei are portrayed as too ambitious and emotionally unfit to rule the Seven Kingdoms.”
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“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel shows us a hodgepodge of stereotypes and trivia, but does little to actually explore Jewish identity.”
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“As brilliant as Dana Scully was, and as badly as young women needed her, she remained frustratingly beyond the grasp of the men who wrote her.”
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“Rooting for a show doesn’t always mean it will always live up to its potential.”
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“Neo Yokio is so obviously a male work with an unapologetic male gaze.”
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“Cleverman is a step forward for Aboriginal storytelling but it’s built on the shoulders of mediocre writing and male machismo.”
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“The vast amounts of terror dispensed on characters of color makes for a disturbing picture.”
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“Better Call Saul leaves entire swathes of people in the dustbin of tropes and stereotypes.”
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“While HBO’s Silicon Valley is an enjoyable show, make sure your eyes are open to its erasure of already-marginalized communities within the tech industry.”
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“Modern Family should know better than anyone that things change, and to stay relevant we need to change with the times.”
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