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Superstore - Seasons 1-3
Superstore - Seasons 1-3

“Not only does Superstore showcase diversity in age, body type, gender, race, and sexual orientation, its critique of class is especially incisive.”

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Grade: ALiNovember 5, 2017Great for: Gender, Great for: Race, Great for: Disability
Criminal Minds - Season 13
Criminal Minds - Season 13

“The absence of LGBTQ from 13 seasons of Criminal Minds rings hollow, especially disappointing when the show fares so well in other categories.”

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Grade: BLiNovember 3, 2017Great for: Gender, Great for: Race
Kim's Convenience - Seasons 1-2
Kim's Convenience - Seasons 1-2

“Kim’s Convenience is part of an exciting new chapter of Asian faces on Western television.”

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Grade: ALiOctober 29, 2017Great for: Race, Great for: Gender
Outlander - Seasons 1-2
Outlander - Seasons 1-2

“Outlander is fantastically feminist but has never heard of intersectionality."

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Grade: CLiOctober 29, 2017Great for: Gender, Female/Nonbinary Creator
Transparent - Seasons 1-4
Transparent - Seasons 1-4

“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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Grade: ALiOctober 19, 2017Great for: Gender, Female/Nonbinary Creator
Gypsy - Season 1
Gypsy - Season 1

“Gypsy does what it says on the tin, making it the perfect guilty pleasure.”

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Grade: BLiOctober 14, 2017Female/Nonbinary Creator
Sense8 - Seasons 1-2
Sense8 - Seasons 1-2

“Sense8 is a landmark for LGBTQ representation.”

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Grade: ALiOctober 9, 2017Great for: LGBTQ, Great for: Gender, Female/Nonbinary Creator
The Bold Type - Season 1
The Bold Type - Season 1

“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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Grade: ALiSeptember 29, 2017Great for: Gender, Great for: LGBTQ, Female/Nonbinary Creator
Neo Yokio
Neo Yokio

“Neo Yokio is so obviously a male work with an unapologetic male gaze.”

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Grade: DLiSeptember 26, 2017
Cleverman - Season 1
Cleverman - Season 1

“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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Grade: DLiSeptember 24, 2017Great for: Race
The Good Place - Season 1
The Good Place - Season 1

“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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Grade: BLiSeptember 22, 2017Great for: Race, Great for: Technical
Still Star-Crossed
Still Star-Crossed

“Still Star-Crossed is fanfiction made for TV.”

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Grade: BLiSeptember 19, 2017Great for: Race, Female/Nonbinary Creator
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - Seasons 1-3
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - Seasons 1-3

“‘Females are strong as hell’ according to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s theme song, but they’re mostly white.”

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Grade: BLiSeptember 11, 2017Great for: Gender, Female/Nonbinary Creator
Westworld - Season 1
Westworld - Season 1

“The vast amounts of terror dispensed on characters of color makes for a disturbing picture.”

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Grade: DLiSeptember 10, 2017Female/Nonbinary Creator
Stranger Things - Season 1
Stranger Things - Season 1

“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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Grade: BLiSeptember 8, 2017Great for: Disability, Great for: Technical
Better Call Saul - Seasons 1-3
Better Call Saul - Seasons 1-3

“Better Call Saul leaves entire swathes of people in the dustbin of tropes and stereotypes.”

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Grade: DLiSeptember 4, 2017Great for: Disability
This Is Us - Season 1
This Is Us - Season 1

“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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Grade: BLiSeptember 1, 2017Great for: Body Diversity
House of Cards - Seasons 1-5
House of Cards - Seasons 1-5

“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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Grade: BLiAugust 31, 2017
Veep - Seasons 1-6
Veep - Seasons 1-6

“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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Grade: BLiAugust 28, 2017Great for: Age
Silicon Valley - Seasons 1-4
Silicon Valley - Seasons 1-4

“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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Grade: DLiAugust 27, 2017
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