“The Inuit in The Terror feel completely authentic thanks to the casting of Inuk actors and in-depth research by the show’s producers.”
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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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“Based on true events, Gentleman Jack proudly celebrates queer history.”
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“Daenerys and Cersei are portrayed as too ambitious and emotionally unfit to rule the Seven Kingdoms.”
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“I was brought back to my first confrontations with racism, with having someone insist that I was somehow different or inferior.”
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“The three main characters share a polyamorous relationship that has been done right, avoiding fanservice or a toxic love triangle.”
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“Star Trek has never adequately applied its own philosophy of IDIC—’Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations’—to gender and sexuality. Discovery attempts to rectify that.”
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“It would be nice to see Shrill go even further in embracing an intersectional approach to its depiction of fat women.”
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“Ramy captures what it’s like to grow up as an Arab Muslim in America while providing a multitude of entry points for other communities.”
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“Penned exclusively by Black and Latinx writers, On My Block tackles race from an informed place.”
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“In real life, white criminals are arrested more than any other ethnic group for acts of terrorism in the UK.”
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“Criminal Minds has never had a queer agent across its fourteen, very straight seasons.”
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“To put a Disneyfied spin on human trafficking is gross and shameful.”
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“Sex Education indulges our yearning for the past while allowing us to see it through a more forward-looking lens.”
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“It’s a welcome anomaly to see a 72-year-old woman thriving professionally at the center of a show.”
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“Watching the Derry Girls covet hot guys, set curtains on fire, sneak tequila, and altogether act in ‘unladylike’ ways provides no end of amusement.”
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“Theodora may be the only queer Crain but her romantic entanglements are just as messy and realistic as those of her siblings.”
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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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“Bodyguard adds to a long and damaging media trend of depicting brown people as terrorists.”
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“The exploration of Munchausen by proxy syndrome in Sharp Objects spotlights to a very real form of abuse.”
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