“Outlander is fantastically feminist but has never heard of intersectionality."
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“I dream of a day when cis actors playing trans is looked upon with the same revulsion that we now reserve for white actors playing racial caricatures.”
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“Gypsy does what it says on the tin, making it the perfect guilty pleasure.”
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“Sense8 is a landmark for LGBTQ representation.”
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“The connection between Kat, who is newly bisexual, and Adena, a Muslim lesbian, is one of the highlights of the show.”
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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 writers of The Good Place prove that you can create ridiculous, exaggerated characters without ever having to reach for flat characterizations or stereotype.”
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“Still Star-Crossed is fanfiction made for TV.”
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“‘Females are strong as hell’ according to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s theme song, but they’re mostly white.”
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“The vast amounts of terror dispensed on characters of color makes for a disturbing picture.”
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“The entire cast is white except for Lucas, a rule-abiding kid who is Black. This kind of retro tokenism is not something we should be nostalgic about.”
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“Better Call Saul leaves entire swathes of people in the dustbin of tropes and stereotypes.”
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“This Is Us makes a concerted effort to be inclusive, even though it’s painfully obvious that the writers are not always coming from a place of lived experience.”
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“There is definitely something radical about seeing a bisexual president of the United States, although he is closeted during his time in office.”
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“Veep can be a bit of a grab bag. It’s both feminist and women-hating; racially progressive and racist; offensive and hilarious by turns. But somehow it all comes together.”
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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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“For many children of immigrants, myself included, this was the first time seeing our family dynamics authentically portrayed on screen.”
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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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“Black-ish tells stories the way they should be told—in fragments of truth, scattered across multiple characters rather than feeding one big, overarching narrative meant to represent every black American.”
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