We may still have a long way to go, but the fight for representation is worth the struggle. The next generation of Asian Americans deserves to see themselves onscreen and their dreams as possibilities. Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe is set to premiere on May 31st — a fitting end to Asian Pacific American Heritage […]
This fictional character I admire so much had a bad day as a mom, too. And like me, she owned it. She admitted fault. And she apologized to her daughters for her behavior. “Stop yelling at me,” I shouted. “I won’t be yelled at!” My 10-year-old daughter made a sound between a growl and […]
When writers consistently refuse to explore medication abortion as a safe and effective possibility for characters, despite its popularity in reality, they deliberately and purposefully perpetuate myths about abortion access that become truth to a viewing audience. Recently, coverage of abortion on television has picked up. Over the last decade we’ve seen a distinct and […]
How can a show survive when at its core it doesn’t understand who its characters are? What their lives are actually like? Out of all the unbelievable things that ABC’s new sitcom Single Parents asks us to believe, the most outlandish is that there are five – count ‘em, five – single parents parenting children […]
When I look around at my own 30-something group, it’s clear that it’s not lack of reason (pregnancy or otherwise) that’s keeping us from “getting our lives together.” It’s that we are literally not being allowed to do so. I was the same age as Rory when “Gilmore Girls” premiered back in October 2000—about to […]
Dear Dana is a bi-weekly advice column for humans who engage in romantic relationships. Please send your dilemmas, issues, conundrums, assumptions, conflicts, anxieties, worriments, obstacles, complications, predicaments, queries, questions, and any other synonyms for “problems” to deardana@rolereboot.org. Dear Dana: I’m having a rough time lately. It seems like every other week, there’s another horrific shooting or […]
The series is definitely a step in the right direction, but there are a few missed opportunities and mishaps that make it difficult for me to regard the show as completely feminist and queer inclusive. (Spoilers ahead!) The Netflix Original Series Jessica Jones has been hailed as a recent feminist and queer triumph within the superhero […]
Placing the onus solely on parents to fix a generation hooked on screens is unfair, unrealistic, and unnecessary in an era where the biggest technological threat to our children are the guns in their schools, not the tablets. Another week, another batch of caution articles for parents. Last week, the esteemed Mother Jones ran an […]
In “The Mysteries Of Laura,” Messing plays a busy, unkempt, soon-to-be-divorced mom who kicks ass at her job and shoulders the majority of childcare duties. Last year I lamented the sea of “hot mess” adorkable women I saw on television, and longed for the day that strong female characters like the ones I lived and worked […]
You might be a great guy, but if all the movies and books listed in your online dating profile favorites are by dudes or about dudes, we’ve got a problem. Dear Gentleman of OkCupid, and also of the world, I really like your profile, and that picture of your bike and/or cat is totally turning […]
Virtually every new TV show reminds me that I do not belong to a coveted target audience, and that the white male perspective is still considered universally applicable. Last Thursday, news that CBS had picked Stephen Colbert to be the next host of “The Late Show” swept through social media. While some expressed excitement about the comedic […]
