#tv-show from netflix about teenagers and their relationship to sex
actually showcases a lot of healthy sexual relationship patterns like asking for consent, asking specifically what gets people going and where is sensitive and where feels good. Practicing open communication with people and being honest with yourself and expressing those feelings to others.
And the other side is it shows the complexity of something like love and liking people and the varying degrees of emotion that you can feel on that spectrum and how you navigate it all.
Memorable Scenes
- when maeve and otis talk about the voicemail and share an intimate moment at the abandoned gas station
- aimee telling maeve to just do it
- Otis explaining the role of an artist to lily
Message
A lot of the show is about staying true to your feelings and fully expressing them rather than surpressing them as you are taught to. It frames this message around the most “controversial” urges that teenagers feel around sex. Traditionally, teenagers have been taught both in school and through our societal messaging that sex and sexual acts are scandalous and taboo. As a result, a lot of people grow into adults with scattered knowledge gathered from friends and the internet of this very critical area of knowledge. Without the opportunity to ask questions and freely experience these feelings, a lot of people aren’t comfortable with these feelings and don’t know how to deal with them.
However, through this medium, the show also champions a message of fighting for what you think is right throughout and living each day like it’s your last. Therapy is about becoming more comfortable being your full self, and this show says you shouldn’t be afraid to be your full self every moment of your life.
Artists specifically have to be so comfortable being weird and showing that vulnerable side of themselves to the world. Lily from this show is a lot like k-ming chang.