![]() Devi ( Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) learns to be more emotionally honest and to accept her grief as she navigates typical teen problems related to friendship, school, and romance. Parents need to know that Never Have I Ever is a series (co-created by Mindy Kaling) about an Indian American teen girl who's mourning the death of her father. In particular, Devi's temporary paralysis before suddenly walking again falls into the "miraculous cure" cliché, and there are ongoing fatphobic jokes about a minor recurring character. But the show does mishandle some key things. A main character's sister has Down syndrome but is defined by her love of fashion, not her disability. Kamala encounters sexism in her PhD biology program. (Behind the scenes, the show was created by Indian American writer and actress Mindy Kaling.) Even though Devi's heterosexual relationships are the main focus, same-sex relationships take place and are treated naturally. Devi's close friends are Chinese American, Afro-Latina, and Muslim. Cast has extensive diversity, including love interests who are mixed-race, Jewish, and Indian. Mental health (Devi sees a therapist) and grief are major themes. Ethnicity isn't the main focus, but viewers do see important reminders of it - e.g., she prays to Hindu gods, and her older immigrant cousin grapples with potential arranged marriage. Sometimes you need to be toughest with those who love you most.Indian American TV show leads are rare, and Devi makes a great one: She's complex and has admirable inner strength. This is the true test of power Taylor Swift is fumbling this week. Mother needs to tell the hellions, “You’re grounded.” If you want to cyberbully, don’t buy my records or come to my shows. I’m just saying with great power comes great responsibility and she is the most powerful pop star in the galaxy. I’m not blaming her for the actions of others. But if her stans fantasize about waterboarding Scooter Braun or boycotting Netflix over an anodyne line in an obscure show, she is all shrugs and batting eyelashes. Swift is aghast at bullying when she perceives herself to be on the receiving end. Mother, these children of the corn are not listening to you. Just read the comments on Mayer’s social. Mother? It’s clear you can no longer sedate your delirious fans with vague, Kumbaya calls for civility. He’s a cad who once described another ex, Jessica Simpson, as “sexual napalm.” Even his chums would not describe him as classy. But she needs to knock it off with the coy diss tracks full of Easter eggs before someone gets a cracked skull. If she wrote a song about how an unnamed barista was mean to her, every Starbucks would get firebombed with Molotov cocktails. Swifties would cheer on every stiletto step. Taylor could steal classified documents, plot an insurrection and poison democracy. In their eternal devotion to their pop songstress, they are also similar to the MAGA cult. The Swifties can be more terrifying than the Wagner Group. Then her fans burn an effigy of Tom Hiddleston. ![]() Some women throw their ex’s clothes out a window after a bad breakup. Swift’s future boyfriends should insist upon song NDAs. Hey, Calvin Harris, here’s what you need to know about your new life in the slums of Tijuana: you’ll be safer there. Put on this Groucho Marx disguise, Jake Gyllenhaal. You are moving to Boise to be a potato farmer. She asked her rabid stans to not “defend me against someone you think I wrote a song about 14 million years ago.”Īnd how do they respond? They crank up the nasty trolling.ĭo you ever imagine a world without online commenting?Īll of Swift’s ex-boyfriends should be placed in the witness protection program. This column is turning into junior high math: If a train travels east at 120 kilometres per hour and one billion Swifties are on e-Bikes heading west, how long until they reach Dear John’s house and beat him with pickleball paddles until he promises to move to Mars? Here’s what Swift said this weekend: she is now 33 and does not care about what happened when she was 19, the year she dated Mayer, when he was 31. Volunteer at a food bank? Read a book? Expand your musical horizons?Īnd why are you disobeying Mother, your creepy sobriquet for Taylor? I’ll ask it after boarding up the windows and hiding behind the couch: Don’t you have anything better to do? The ones now cyberbullying Mayer are giving all of them a bad name. It was a really lousy thing for her to do.” As he told Rolling Stone in 2012: “I’m pretty good at taking accountability now and I never did anything to deserve that. ![]()
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