Happy Wednesday classmates and Bonnie! I know many of you are feeling the burnout, as am I, but we just have to power through until the end of the semester. Only 5 more weeks left! This winter brought a lot of snow, but the recent sunny and warm days have really helped to uplift my mood, so I hope it has had the same effect on you too. Remember if you’re ever stressed out or need to relax, going on walks around town or at a park with trails can be really helpful. Personally, I love to do this because it allows me to just think things through while exercising (walking). I know many of you are at campus, but as someone who stayed home, getting outside and out of the house as much as possible has really helped me. This week I’m going to discuss a show that recently came out. To be honest, when I saw the preview for this on Netflix at first I was not so sold. However, my best friend started watching Ginny and Georgia and was raving about how good it was, so of course I had to give it a go!

Synopsis: The show focuses on the lives of Ginny, a 15 year-old teenager who struggles with her identity as half-white and half-black. After moving time and time again, Ginny finds that she never fits in anywhere. Adding to the mix of confusion, her mom had her when she was 15 and is always trying to protect Ginny from the life that she had as a young girl. This leads Georgia to do some ~questionable~ things as a mother. As Ginny grapples with her identity and the normal trials and tribulations that come with being a teenager, she will go head to head against her mother.

Review: I was a really big fan of this show for one main reason. Though there were some unrealistic aspects to the show, such as murder, there were many parts of the show that I felt I could relate to when I was 15 years old myself. Likewise, many topics were discussed that aren’t normally talked about. In particular, there’s a scene about Ginny being sexualized and feeling forced to carry on a sexual conversation with the boy she likes. Many females have had to experience harassment or pressure from males to do things or send things they aren’t comfortable with. For this reason, I felt that the show was authentic in showing what girls actually have to deal with in high school. As someone who has young parents like Ginny, I feel like I also related to the fact that young parents will try to be more involved or more overprotective over their children because maybe they were rebellious as teenagers themselves and now they want to prevent their own kids from being the same way. It’s definitely a struggle with parents in general: they have advice and lessons to teach their children, but at the same time it’s important for kids to make their own mistakes and learn from them too.