“Watchmen encapsulates the weariness of Black America, our wounds healing just enough for the scabs to be torn off again.”
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“While it’s cool to see Peaky Blinders center Romani characters, they are all played by white actors.”
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“The overwhelming majority of The Affair’s episodes are directed by men, making it difficult to push beyond the male gaze.”
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“For the first time in SVU history, women will outnumber men in the writers’ room.”
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“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. commits to a diverse cast but unequal screen time for women mars its record on overall inclusiveness.”
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“Instinct’s refusal to discuss real issues renders it exactly what Alan Cumming said he wanted to avoid: remarkable only for having gay lead.”
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“Veronica Mars makes a one-to-one correlation between Mexicans and criminality.”
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“What We Do in the Shadows subtly taps into the notion of its vampire characters as immigrants.”
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“The unsparing nature of When They See Us has sparked conversations about whether it’s another in a long line of works that rehash Black trauma.”
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“Russian Doll smashes the Bechdel test, with women speaking over 70% of all dialogue.”
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“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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