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hey guys, hope your skin is clear and you get a text from someone you like real soon.

also that your lunch tastes good, you find twenty dollars on the ground, and that thing coming up that you were dreading turns out not so bad

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tag yourself: the solar system

mercury: the leader, athletic, friendly, summer vibes, always making plans for the group, organized, impatient, wine lover, reads in their free time

venus: the pretty friend, instagram famous, watches cartoons, very kind, loves skirts and dresses, smart, horrible at money management

earth: the young friend, wears flower crowns, fashionable, probably short as heck, clumsy, lovable, kind of sad inside, idolizes their friends

mars: the mysterious friend, reads comic books, prefers summer over winter, messy hair, lipstick stains on every cup, gardens

jupiter: the mom/dad friend, protective, always drinking but never hungover, loves the outdoors, very patient, has a bad temper if you cross them, collects something

saturn: the powerful friend, will be president someday probably, you want to raid their wardrobe, always has good advice, bad at cooking, loves movies

uranus: the quiet friend, kind of introverted, always laughing, tags you in memes all the time, lurks in the group chat but never responds, dog lover

neptune: the aesthetic friend, doesn’t care what people think, loves art, owns 395754 pairs of jeans, reckless driver, always want to go somewhere

pluto: the smol friend, always busy, loves their friends (will fight for their friends), boy/girl crazy, bottles up their feelings, can never make up their mind, huge smile

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Every time Abuelita comes on screen I see an old Cardi B. Please tell me I’m not crazy thinking this.

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Julius Cesar 

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never in my wildest dreams have i ever thought that i’m going to live long enough to witness a character named spooky say “wakey wakey, biatch!”

truly, on my block is a blessing. please watch this show.

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Netflix doesn’t care about racial/ethnic diversity

I, along with plenty of others, have noticed that Netflix doesn’t really care to promo their shows that have predominantly racially/ethnically diverse casts.

Like, most of the people I know in real life have never heard of On My Block, Dear White People, Chewing Gum, The Get Down, One Day At A Time, Sense8, etc. For those of you on a specific tag, how many of these shows have you heard of or watched yourself? 

The problem is that these shows get little to no promotional time as opposed to shows with predominantly white casts or main characters.

On My Block has a season 2 coming out in, supposedly, 11 days. There’s been zero billboards, zero posters, no trailer, didn’t appear in the ‘What’s New In March’ video, and nothing but a tweet from only one of the various Netflix side accounts. 

Dear White People, from what I remember hasn’t had much promo in the past. I remember seeing the season one trailer, but I don’t even remember s2 had a trailer or something. I had to learn about s1 from an article on why the show is important. On top of that, I just found out it’s been approved for a season three. No hype whatsoever for it.

You know what shows did get tons of promo and praise? Stranger things (only 2 black kids and their black parents), Sex Education (only 3 black and 2 brown characters, from what I remember, out of a majority white cast), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (two black characters from what I remember and from how much I watched), Santa Clarita Diet (no POC from what I can remember, correct me if I’m wrong) and so many others with majority white casts.

That’s not to say I don’t like some of these shows, bc I love Stranger Things and Sex Education is such a good show, but this is just an observation I made. 

I remember finding out about the One Day At A Time reboot (which consists of a large latinx cast, as well as black recurring characters) through tweets begging people to watch bc they weren’t sure Netflix would renew for a season 2 and again for a season 3 and now again for a season 4. It’s such a great show too! One that tackles mental health, addiction, LGBTQ+ themes (they have a queer main character with an NB SO), the political climate and how it is to live as a poc in America. 

Chewing Gum is a British Sitcom I found on Netflix that they claimed as an Original (idk if it is bc I'm from America and I literally don’t care about Britain and their shows/movies), but I saw more promo for Sex Education than I did for Chewing Gum (whose main character is a black woman and her black family).

While I haven’t watched Sense8 or The Get Down, I can still say it’s disappointing knowing that there was a lack of promo for either of those shows either. I remember people begging for more people to watch both of these shows so that they’d get renewed (I’d only found out after they got canceled).

On top of that, I can’t think of a show with predominantly asian characters. Maybe there are and I haven’t heard of it, but there aren’t a lot of Netflix originals with a predominantly asian cast. 

The point is, Netflix really does like to promo shows with predominantly white casts, but where’s the love for their successful shows with predominantly diverse casts? Some of these shows have higher ratings than the shows with mostly white characters that Netflix pushes and promos so much. Some of these are just as praised by critics as their other white cast shows, but there is little to no promo for them. This causes fans to beg for their shows not to get canceled, even though the shows themselves are widely received and get positive reactions. These shows are good, and they have large fanbases, but Netflix doesn’t promo them enough as others, so they get pushed to the backburner and that’s not how it should work. 

TLDR; Support racially/ethnically diverse shows such as On My Block, Dear White People, One Day At A Time, and plenty of other shows of the likes. These shows are important for representation. Give Netflix hell for not putting out enough promo for these shows. They can literally solve their show cancelation crisis by promoting their shows more, to reach wider audiences! 

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I’m fucking dying at this pro/con list that Ruby and Jamal made

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shows with mainly black casts

Black-ish - Dre Johnson and his wife Rainbow have a seemingly perfect life with four unique children, a big and beautiful house in a nice neighborhood, and jobs they actually dont hate- but Dre wonders if the privilege his success has afforded his children has distanced them from their roots and culture.

Black Lightning - Jefferson Pierce had retired his Black Lightning superhero persona almost a decade earlier when a local gang suddenly forces him into being a vigilante again. His two daughters have inherited his superpowers. His oldest kid, Anissa is a lesbian and is dating a teammate, Grace Choi.

Chewing Gum - Tracy Gordon is a extremely religious, Beyonce obsessed 24 year old virgin who has decided to tackle the next step in her life and have sex with her fiance.

Dear White People - Based off the film of the same name, this Netflix Original television series follows a group of black students attending school at a predominantly white Ivy League college. It focuses on political and social issues through a cynical, brutally honest lens and tackles topics of race, bigotry, and bias that most shows shy away from.

Insecure - Comedy series following best friends Issa and Molly are the polar opposite of the modern-day depiction of strong, confident black women. Their insecurities and actual flaws cause a variety of trouble and uncomfortable situations for them.

Luke Cage - drama following the evolution of Luke Cage, a man who developed superstrength and unbreakable skin after an experiment was sabotaged. After a failed relationship with fellow superhero Jessica Jones, he tries to rebuild a new and quieter life in Harlem NY but ends up being pulled out of the shadows and back into vigilantism.

On My Block - coming of age comedy-drama following four bright, intelligent teenagers living in a predominantly latino and black neighborhood in South Central LA. Ruby, Jamal, Monse, and Cesar have been friends for as long as they can remember, but their bonds are tested as they deal with the new struggles growing up provides.

Queen Sugar - “queen sugar” depicts the life of the estranged Bordelon siblings. Nova is a formidable journalist/activist from New Orleans. Charley is a wife and mother who leaves her upscale home in LA and moves to Louisana to claim an inheritance from her recently passed father. Their brother Ralph is a single father struggling with unemployment.

She’s Gotta Have It - based off the film of the same name, “She’s gotta have it” follows Brooklyn-based artists Nola Darling as she tries to follow her dreams while dividing her time between her friends, family, and three lovers. The trio includes married buisnessman and father Jamie, photographer Greer, and Michael Jordan fan Mars.

The Chi - coming of age series following three people from The South Side of Chicago: Kevin, a preteen who embraces and adores normal rites of childhood, Brandon, who’s making a leap of faith to find happiness, and Ronnie, a drifter struggling to be loved.

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Just don’t do it before me, okay? I just want you to be happy. I’m working on it.

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hello friends i’m doing an essay on how skam was able to spread across the world and gain popularity globally and yada yada and i would really appreciate if you guys would take some minutes to fill out a survey that i made. it’s mainly about the og but there are some questions about the remakes (specifically in relation to the original) in the end, but you can fill out the survey without having watched them and yes i’m aware i did another survey a while back but i’m messy and forgot the platform i used and either way idk my login

the survey can be found here

if you fill it out i will literally love you forever, and if you wanna rb to spread the word that is also greatly appreciated xoxo

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Wait, I've read somewhere that Noah isn't white? Is that true? He's certainly passing as white...

To quote his brother: three quarters cheese, one quarter Moluccan.

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“You’re so obsessed with finding someone to love you because you can’t love yourself.”

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yes hi hello I made a thing

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can we fucking take a moment to appreciate the fact that noah (NL William) who represents a bad hot boy has his nails painted. the “bad boys” are usually portrayed as those strong men who hate anything considered “feminine”. i love how skam NL is just saying a big fuck you to toxic masculinity

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ok here i go explaning why i fell in love with the first clip

so. fucking. aesthetic.

the parellels of their morning routine!!

NAIL POLISH

noah is biting his nails i think (my bby are you nervous?)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that he wasn’t so,,, pushy?

like he was there, being his annoying charming self

but he left afterwards bc clearly liv was not going to come with him

they were both so beautiful?? im so in love

noah looked so proud of himself when he flipped her off ahdkfjdjdks PERFECT

feel free to add more, i can’t believe im already freaking out and its been 2 minutes

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That entire clip was fucking art. Showing how alike these two are with just a simple montage of their morning routines aka a time when we’re most vulnerable and ourselves? Excellence. Seeing them both put on similar masks and armour even though in character and personality they differ so much? Legendary. Using oh baby as the music through the entire clip? Outstanding. Having them both cheekily flip the other off? Never been done before. Liv and Noah are already serving such excellence if this is the first clip this season is going to fucking wreck me 🤧