#justice for josh and tracy

[yikeshereiam]

why is everyone so attached to tara raeken??? there’s two whole other characters we actually saw theo murder with our own eyes and tara is who we're stuck on????

[saveahorserideaneddie]

My (embarrassingly okay-ish) 9-1-1 Sims

so I do not claim to be good at remaking real people in the sims... I want to go ahead and get that out of the way first and foremost

however I don't think I did *terrible* on these sims (some are definitely better than others) but with that said, here are my 9-1-1 sims

(please don't judge me too hard)

Evan "Buck" Buckley

the tattoo cc I made for buck is definitely way out-of-date, but alas i am too lazy to go back and make a new tattoo to add all of his current 6,000 tattoos (love your tats oliver but no thanks <3) Including that last shirtless pic to show them off a little better.

Eddie Diaz

I know that Eddie doesn't have Ryan's map&compass tattoo in the show but I love that tattoo on Ryan so I included it on Eddie. I chose this hair for him bc I wanted to like blend the length it's at now with his s6 style a little bit- very floofy yet tidy, but also not a schoolboy or slicked back to the gods.

Maddie Han

I think I spent hours trying to get JLH's face as perfect as I could in-game and honestly I don't hate the outcome? like it's definitely NOT perfect by any means, but I think Maddie is one of my favorite sims in terms of how she turned out.

Chimney Han

Chimney is where things started to go a little downhill for me... I don't know why, but after HOURS of working, I just cold not get him right so I eventually had to sit back, take a deep breath, and say 'this is as good as it's gonna get.' I'd like to issue my formal apology to Kenneth Choi for this <3 (pls don't judge too harshly I swear I tried)

Karen Wilson

Karen, like Chimney, was a sim I spent HOURS on trying to get right, but for some reason I just could not for the life of me perfectly replicate Tracie's face... and unfortunately when I first made these sims (a LONG time ago) there wasn't a hair that fit Karen perfectly until (imo) THIS one came with the Lovestruck Expansion pack... I did make the executive decision to give her light brown hair rather than the blonde/brown she actually has, because the blonde in-game looked weird on her. I know these aren't her classic dreads, but I feel like they evoke the general vibe of hers better than some of the options we have in-game.

Hen Wilson

so Hen turned out being one of my favorites. I really love the outfits I picked out for her (bc lets be honest Hen loves wearing some of the WILDEST fits on the show) but unfortunately, this game hates to give female sims just plain slacks that are higher-waisted, so I was stuck with a cc pair that don't quite match but what can I do

Bobby Nash

yet another sim who I feel like I missed the mark on- Peter Krause's face was just IMPOSSIBLE to replicate, so I did my best. I also made the executive decision to not go full-grey for Bobby bc then he looked ancient rather than just late-50s.

Athena Grant

All I have to say about Athena is ANGELA BASSETT DID THE THING (also the cop outfit does NOT do her justice in this- I promise I worked hard to make sure Athena was giving just as much mommy vibes as she does on the show in her other outfits) (she's also ripped as fuck in my game bc I said so)

May Grant

I have a love-hate relationship with this sim because I spent so much time trying to perfectly replicate Corrinne's face, but no matter what I did there was always something that was always just the tiniest bit off... she's definitely not the worst of these sims though

Ravi Panikkar

all I have to say about Ravi is that if they want to give him a boyfriend in s8 i am available, and willing to travel to shoot in Los Angeles-

Also, I DID make a Josh sim, but I accidentally deleted him bc my mouse battery was dying and it was glitching out and i misclicked the "yes delete" button rather than the "don't delete" on the "are you sure?" tab and I didn't feel like going back and finding him again in the depths of my library so I will have to remake him :/

Oh and I made Chris too but every child sim looks exactly the same so he doesn't look anything like Gavin, but that was out of my hands I fear 💀

But anyway, these are my 9-1-1 sims... I made these forever ago and went through last night and updated their hair/outfits, but I haven't touched their physical attributes since I first made them. I'm excited to start playing with them again 😭😭

[nhgtu]

Name: Abigail “Abbie” Reyes

Date of Birth: April 11th

Species: Human

Seasons: 1 (Background), 2 (Minor), 5 (Main)

Love Interest: Alicia Boyd

Faceclaim: Sara Waisglass

Name: Angie Evans

Date of Birth: TBD

Species: Human -> Werewolf (Beta, Bitten)

Seasons: All

Love Interest: Hayden Romero

Faceclaim: Sarah Jefferey

Name: Benjiro “Baby” Sasaki

Date of Birth: July 28th

Species: Psychic

Seasons: 2 (Main), 3 (Main), 4 (Minor), 5 (Minor)

Love Interest: Isaac Lahey

Faceclaim: Honda Kyoya

Name: Rebecca “Beck” Rivera

Date of Birth: December 20th

Species: Witch

Seasons: 3 (Main), 5 (Minor)

Love Interest: Cora Hale

Faceclaim: Victoria Justice

Name: Bellamy Banks

Date of Birth: November 27th

Species: Demon

Seasons: 5 (Main), 6 (Main)

Love Interest: Theo Raeken

Faceclaim: Booboo Stewart

Name: Beatrice “Bunny” Holloway

Date of Birth: February 24th

Species: Witch

Seasons: 2 (Minor), 3 (Minor), 4 (Background), 5 (Main), 6 (Minor)

Love Interest: Tracy Stewart

Faceclaim: Stefanie Scott

Name: Chris Argent Jr.

Date of Birth: June 23rd

Species: Human -> Werewolf (Beta, Bitten)

Seasons: 2 (Minor), 3 (Main), 4 (Minor), 5 (Minor), 6 (Minor), Movie (Main)

Love Interest: Scott McCall

Faceclaim: Alex Fitzalan

Name: Clementine Deaton

Date of Birth: January 18th

Species: Druid

Seasons: 1 (Main), 2, (Main), 3 (Minor), 4 (Minor), 5 (Minor), 6 (Minor), Movie (Minor)

Love Interest: Lydia Martin

Faceclaim: Zuri Reed

Name: Cody "Cookie" Cook

Date of Birth: TBD

Species: Human

Seasons: TBD

Love Interest: Vernon Boyd

Name: Elpis Osaki

Date of Birth: February 21st

Species: [Redacted]

Seasons: 4 (Main), 5 (Minor)

Love Interest: Kira Yukimura

Faceclaim: Kaylee Kaneshiro

Name: Francesca "Frankie" Davis

Date of Birth: June 12th

Species: Chimera

Seasons: 4 (Background), 5 (Main), 6 (Minor)

Love Interest: Liam Dunbar

Faceclaim: Chiara Aurelia

Name: Hyunwoo Hale

Date of Birth: April 1st

Species: Werewolf (Beta, Born)

Seasons: 2 (Main), 3 (Minor)

Love Interest: Alan Deaton

Faceclaim: Park Jinyoung

Name: Jacob Limb

Date of Birth: May 27th

Species: Banshee

Seasons: 6 (Main)

Love Interest: Nolan Holloway

Faceclaim: Drew Starkey

Name: Jonah Cruz

Date of Birth: TBD

Species: Werewolf (Beta, Born)

Seasons: TBD

Love Interest: TBD

Name: Leona “Leo” Calavera

Date of Birth: August 1st

Species: Human

Seasons: 4 (Minor), 6 (Main)

Love Interest: Tamora Monroe

Faceclaim: Seychelle Gabriel

Name: Lola Walker

Date of Birth: September 9th

Species: Werewolf (Bitten, Omega)

Seasons: 3 (Minor), 4 (Main), 5 (Minor)

Love Interest: Allison Argent

Faceclaim: Hailee Steinfeld

Name: Natalia Walsh

Date of Birth: TBD

Species: Werewolf (Born, Alpha)

Seasons: Movie (Minor)

Love Interest: Derek Hale

Faceclaim: Jessica De Gouw

Name: Oliver Patterson

Date of Birth: October 31st

Species: Human

Seasons: 5 (Main)

Love Interest: Josh Diaz

Faceclaim: Joshua Bassett

Name: Roxanne “Roxie” Jiminez

Date of Birth: November 15

Species: Werewolf (Bitten, Beta)

Seasons: 2 (Main), 3 (Minor)

Love Interest: Erica Reyes

Faceclaim: Ariela Barer

[novemberhush]

Ten people + ten songs

Put your music on shuffle and list the first ten songs that come up, then tag ten other people to do the same.

Thanks for tagging me, @zerokrox-blog !❤️

1) Judgement Day by Stealth (One for the Marvey fans out there! We all remember the scene. Run, Harvey, run! He knows his man so well. Marvey forever!)

2) Non, je ne regrette rien by Édith Piaf

3) Love on the Rocks by Adam Baldwin (Yes, I heard it in an episode of Hudson & Rex.)

4) Endless (Nowhere Else to Go) by Dennis Ellsworth

5) Young Man by Jamestown Revival

6) Talkin’ Bout a Revolution by Tracy Chapman (I still think about you every time I hear this song, Joe. I hope you’re happy now. Rest in peace, sweet boy. You were always too good for this world, but, man, do we miss you.)

7) My City of Ruins by Eddie Vedder

8) Devil in Me by Anderson East

9) Golden Age of Radio (live version) by Josh Ritter (Shoutout to the dude at the start who you can hear shouting “G’WANNNNN!” You can tell it was recorded in Dublin!😂)

10) Speed Trap Town by Jason Isbell

I tag @imwritesometimes @williamsewerratted @portlandwithyou @tulipfromtheinternet @firstdegreefangirl @katries @oneawkwardcookie @smowkie @mistmarauder @all-or-nothing-baby and anyone else who wants to play. No pressure on anyone who doesn’t.😘

[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

Unification Church case: “Freedom of religion does not protect fraudulent recruiting” ruled by California Supreme Court.

▲ Boonville

The lawyers opposing the Unification Church were Paul Morantz, Stanley Leal and Ford Greene (ex-member).

____________________________________

New York Times

California Court Backs Suit of Moon’s Church AP      October 19, 1988

Two former members of the Unification Church can sue it on charges of deception and brainwashing because freedom of religion does not protect fraudulent recruiting, the State Supreme Court has ruled.

A lawyer for the National Council of Churches called the ruling, issued Monday on a vote of 6 to 1, “a real blow” to freedom of religion. The lawyer, Kathleen Purcell, said it was the first such ruling by a high court in any state.

Justice Stanley Mosk said in the court’s decision: “The challenge here is not to the church’s teachings or to the validity of a religious conversion. The challenge is to the church’s practice of misrepresenting or concealing its identity in order to bring unsuspecting outsiders into its highly structured environment. That practice is not itself belief – it is conduct subject to regulation for the protection of society.”

Kenneth Ross, a lawyer for the church, said he would recommend an appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

Reversing two lower court rulings, the state’s highest court decided that two former church members who filed the suits, David Molko and Tracy Leal, could seek to convince a jury that they had been brainwashed and were unable to exercise independent judgment when they joined the church headed by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

Brainwashing and Conversion In a dissent, Judge Carl Anderson, an appeals court judge assigned to the Supreme Court for the case, said religious conversion, whether or not it involves “brainwashing,” is constitutionally protected from court scrutiny. “‘Brainwashing��� and religious conversion are not really distinguishable,” Judge Anderson said, noting that the plaintiffs had not asserted that force or threats of violence were used.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs, whose lawsuits had been rejected in San Francisco Superior Court and by a state appellate court, hailed the ruling.

The court recognized “the rights of people who have been exploited by the dishonest and unethical practice of religion,” said Ford Greene, lawyer for Mr. Molko.

Stanley Leal, the attorney for his daughter, Tracy, said: “Until this case was decided, cults had taken the position that they could do whatever they chose to do with respect to deception and fraud in their recruitment activities and claim that they were immune from responsibility by virtue of the First Amendment.”

But Ms. Purcell, a lawyer for the American Baptist Churches as well as the National Council of Churches, which filed written arguments supporting the Unification Church, called the ruling “a real blow to both free exercise of religion and the separation of church and state.”

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/19/us/california-court-backs-suit-of-moon-s-church.html

___________________________________________

Ford Greene – the former Moonie became an attorney

Paul Morantz: Escape from the Unification Church – the story of this court case and more

VIDEO: Paul Morantz: Cults, Thought Reform, Coercive Persuasion and Confession

The Unification Church’s deceptive recruiting tactics – 1997 San Francisco TV report

Moonwebs by Josh Freed (the book was made into a movie)

Life Among the Moonies by Deanna Durham

Papasan Choi and Boonville’s Japanese origins

[jamiejohnsontalk]

What Do You Guys Think Will Happen in Series 6?

I’m curious to hear what some of the other JJ tumblrs think on this matter. Now, there’s 2 options the way I see it. Either, they continue focusing on the core 4 of Jamie, Boggy, Zoe and Dillon or they move on to the new cast of Alba, Eric, Freddy and Liam. Obviously, the show would be amazing if they continued following Jamie and the gang, and especially if they continue Dillon’s storyline with the homophobia in professional football as opposed to grassroots football, and we know CBBC are capable of doing that. But CBBC don’t usually replace the characters who are growing up and we know that this is the core 4′s last year in Phoenix. There are exceptions to this of course. Young Dracula, Tracy Beaker Returns, Dani’s House/Castle. And I think some of the 90s show straight up focused on young adults. But the more common trend for newer CBBC is to have rotating cast, a la the Dumping Ground and 4 o clock club. And I know with the 4 o clock club they introduced Akai about a season or 2 before he fully replaced Josh. And even though the show is called Jamie Johnson, and I believe the books follow Jamie into professional football, CBBC aren’t averse to replacing the titular character. The final season of Dani’s castle didn’t include Dani at all I think. And, of course, Tracy Beaker Returns just renamed themselves to the Dumping Ground. I really hope they continue to follow the older lot, especially with Dillon’s storyline, but I have no doubt they’ll do Dillon’s storyline justice even if this is going to be his final season. And the main screenwriter is LGBT too, so I’m sure they’ll do him justice. Anyway, I’d love to hear your guys’ opinion. @the-society-grizz @celialestial @countingpaths @allexbasi @dillonisconfused @delliot-memes @cyrusgoodboye @tennisboyfriends @victorvenji @an-indecisiveness-of-fandoms @tkstrand @mackmeta @dsiahgb (Sorry if you’re a JJ tumblr and I missed you out. I don’t know every tumblr out there :( Also, side note, this makes a good list of Jamie Johnson tumblrs :P Also, not sure if it’s bad manners to tag so many tumblrs, I’m new to this, sorry if I’m not supposed to do that) I’ve tweeted Shaun Duggan and Dan Freedman to see if they’ll give an answer, but I expect they wouldn’t. I know a lot of people expect season 6 to still be about the core group, but I think it’s important to, maybe not discuss, but at least keep in mind that the homophobia storyline with Dillon might only last until the end of the season. That said, if everyone stays for season 6, I do hope Dillon and Elliot take it slow.

[mobius-prime]

258. Sonic the Hedgehog #189

A Bold New Moebius (Part One: Welcome Guests!)

Writer: Ian Flynn Pencils: Tracy Yardley! Colors: Josh Ray

Tails has called Rotor to the lab in Freedom HQ, looking for an explanation why their star posts (which if you'll remember, Sonic and Tails initially used to go into the Special Zone looking for the Chaos Emeralds in StH#170) have turned on with no clear cause. Rotor is just as confused as Tails considering they're normally only used to link up to said Special Zone, but the reason quickly becomes clear as Anti-Rotor and Anti-Tails come barreling through the portal, knocking into their good selves. However, Anti-Rotor insists he's called "Boomer" now, and as for Anti-Tails…

Well now! Looks like everyone has decided to follow Scourge's lead and take new names for themselves rather than continue to be stuck as mere evil twins. Meanwhile in New Megaopolis, the Chaotix and Sonic are currently pressing forward on an attack of their own, looking to take out the Dark Egg Legion as a threat while it's still young. Sonic is amused by their lack of strength, but Knuckles is downcast as they fight, certain that it's all his fault the Legion had to turn to Eggman to survive in the first place. As Sonic tries to reassure Knuckles that he wasn't in control of his own actions as Enerjak and that the Legion chose their own path regardless, Alicia and Anti-Antoine, now known as Patch, join the fight in Freedom HQ. Patch is quickly set upon by Amy, who's ready to dish out some mallet justice for his actions in ruining Antoine and Bunnie's relationship a while back, while Bunnie handles Alicia.

Sally herself finally enters the fray, and while everyone else is tied up in the fight, Antoine goes after Fiona, questioning her on why she's sided with their evil twins despite not actually being of their zone. She responds that she's going after the "lady in charge," while similarly in New Mobotropolis, Knuckles makes a beeline for Lien-Da to try to talk her out of her alliance with Eggman.

Okay, I just have to say, Knuckles' little apologetic grin in the fourth panel is hilarious. When he gets back down to the ground Sonic once again reassures him that maybe he can get through to Lien-Da once they've taken the city, while Julie-Su calls their backup team, consisting of Charmy, Saffron, and Ray. Saffron reports that their plan to place bombs in one of Eggman's key comms towers is going smoothly, but then retracts her statement as Lien-Da and her entire army approach the building, which just so happens to be on their retreat path. As she requests backup, Sally and Amy in Freedom HQ decide they'll need some too, as the fight against their evil selves is going poorly. The Suppression Squad tries to stop them from getting to the comms console, with Sally ending up on the floor courtesy of Fiona, but Sally then smugly reveals she was merely the distraction, and Rotor has been quietly calling for Sonic's assistance behind everyone's backs the whole time.

As Sonic makes his way back to Freedom HQ, an egg-pod flies in overhead to land amongst Lien-Da's forces. At first she's irritated, thinking Snively has sent her some too-late reinforcements after all, but when Dimitri emerges from the pod she's even less pleased.

It's clear by now that Lien-Da has some serious bottled-up anger over not getting to become Grandmaster of the Legion. Her initial speech to Eggman definitely indicated that she thought that after all this time she should be the one to get the spot, and despite her past loyalty to Dimitri, she's definitely feeling slighted and held down. Dimitri rallies the troops, increasing their morale and encouraging them to turn back around and continue the fight against the Chaotix, making Knuckles begin to regret sending Sonic back to Freedom HQ. However, Sonic definitely made the right choice, as just as he bursts in, the portal between the star posts opens once more, and Scourge himself steps through on Fiona's word, claiming that the "king has arrived…"

[ao3feed-rk1000]

by RadioDeerboi

By day, Connor is a bright-eyed, dog-loving, brilliant detective at the DPD. Youngest ever to join the force at only 23, top at his class and newest partner to Lieutenant Anderson.

And by night is hes known as Eight, android vigilante bestowing justice on humans and deviants alike.

With rising deviant attacks and a chic hobo cop as a partner, he's working overtime trying to protect both of his secrets as Connor and Eight.

As in the words of Hank Anderson, Well shit.

Words: 3439, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: M/M, Multi

Characters: Connor (Detroit: Become Human), Hank Anderson, Markus (Detroit: Become Human), North (Detroit: Become Human), Josh (Detroit: Become Human), Simon (Detroit: Become Human), OC android, Tracis, Gavin Reed, androids - Character, Kara (Detroit: Become Human), Alice Williams (Detroit: Become Human), Luther (Detroit: Become Human), Eight

Relationships: Connor/Markus (Detroit: Become Human), Josh & Markus & North & Simon (Detroit: Become Human), Hank Anderson & Connor, Kara & Alice Williams (Detroit: Become Human), Kara/Luther (Detroit: Become Human)

Additional Tags: Detroit Police Department (Detroit: Become Human), Vigilantism, vigilante Connor, oc androids - Freeform, giving names to unnamed androids, My First Work in This Fandom, first work ever actully, YAAAYYY, anyway, Connor (Detroit: Become Human) is Bad at Feelings, anda very sad boi, How Do I Tag, im new to this fanfiction thing so dont hurt me, Connor Deserves Happiness, Dogs, hank needs to help his son, New Au, i think idont really know, gay bois, asexual boi, Human Connor (Detroit: Become Human), not really hes actully a, Deviant Connor (Detroit: Become Human), hes just pretending, crossposted, Friends to Lovers, Badass Connor (Detroit: Become Human), he a bad boi o, Hank is best dad, Good Parent Hank Anderson, Protective Hank Anderson, Protective Connor, Eight is an oc technacally, but hes also connor sooo..., Im tired, Updating tags, i dont know how to use this website, it looks better on wattpad trust me

[crowdvscritic]

round up // MAY 20

When the going gets rough, I find I keep coming back to two kinds of movies: Romantic comedies and action adventures. For whatever reason, those are my comfort food, even if I’m watching someone get their heart broken or fight for their lives.

Hopefully you’re finding small ways to make your days brighter with books, movies, music, and shows that either help you fight or forget some of the darkness around us for a time. These were a few that made my month brighter, including a number of rom coms and action flicks.

May Crowd-Pleasers

SNL at Home

I almost cried for joy when I learned SNL would finish out its season even though it wouldn’t be in Studio 8H—it felt like a glimmer of a lot of joys we’ve lost in the last few months. While the At Home episodes have an odd rhythm compared to the usual broadcast (that live audience makes a difference, especially during “Weekend Update”), I still laughed every week. A few highlights:

“Bailey at the Movies”

“Dreams”

“Grocery Store”

“MasterClass Quarantine Edition” + “Another MasterClass Qurantine Edition”

“RBG Workout”

Watch those skits, then enjoy an infographic-heavy review of the season from Vulture.

Extraction (2020)

Is this a groundbreaking action movie? Heck no, but watching Chris Hemsworth fight to save a kid with a supporting appearance from David Harbour made for a great Sunday evening. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 6/10

The Wedding Singer (1998)

Somehow I’ve never gotten around to this rom com, perhaps because Adam Sandler’s sense of humor usually isn’t my cup of tea. But here he replaces the gross out jokes with a sweet chemistry with Drew Barrymore. I liked it so much I gave 50 First Dates a shot, but, uh, I only recommend movies I finish. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 6.5/10

Baby Boom (1987)

Another not-innovative genre entry, but a satisfying one. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7/10

Action Movies set in 1700s America: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) + The Patriot (2000)

Sometimes I don’t want a complicated villain—sometimes I just want Jason Isaacs (aka Lucius Malfoy) to be so evil I want Mel Gibson to take him down with a tomahawk. The Last of the Mohicans: Crowd - 8/10 // Critic: 8.5/10 // The Patriot - Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 8.5/10

Taylor Swift City of Lover concert (2020)

I’ve seen Ms. Swift live twice and have loved the stadium tour spectacle. But an intimate show heavy on acoustic performance reminds me how well her songwriting holds up no matter the production

Prop Culture (2020)

I know, I know: Disney+ original series are well executed, long-form advertising. But can you find better-executed advertising than Jason Schwartzman chatting about the Mary Poppins snow globe at a piano with Richard Sherman, the character he played in Saving Mr. Banks? These staged treasure hunts for Disney movie props may be a bit self-important, but they’re also a dose of nostalgia and lessons about the technical side of filmmaking.

This Drake Bell TikTok

If you get this, you get this.

Silverado (1985)

My weird New Year’s resolution? To watch Westerns, a genre I’ve basically skipped until now. Silverado feels like a throwback to classic Westerns with a modern sensibility and more laughs. Plus, baby Kevin Costner and Jeff Goldblum in a fur coat! Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7.5/10

Chromatica by Lada Gaga (2020)

Turns out I’m not just a fan of the A Star Is Born/duets with Tony Bennet/Joanne Lady Gaga. I’ve always been cooler on her electronic-dance-club Top 40 hits than her recent guitar-and-vocal stylings, but I can’t stop listening to album-long jam sesh. It’s old Gaga meets 2020 beats meets Depeche Mode/Flock of Seagulls/Madonna/New Order of the ‘80s.

The Heat (2013)

Two of my favorite funny ladies teaming up was—not surprisingly—a win. No one delivers a kooky insult like Melissa McCarthy. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7/10

May Critic Picks

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, and more try to keep Hollywood and their careers afloat despite a bizarre series of kidnappings, line flubs, and tap dances. Of course the Coen Brothers have a dry, wacky take on the Hollywood studio era. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 9/10

Jane Eyre (2006)

Confession: I have not read Jane Eyre. But my mom did, and since she enjoyed the book so much, I figured a happy medium would be to watch this BBC miniseries with her commentary about what they changed from the Brontë classic.

Daisy Jones & the Six (2019)

The highest compliment I can give a book is staying up way too late to finish it, which is what I did with this buzzy Taylor Jenkins Reid book. It’s a barely-fictional oral history of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll in the ‘70s, and somehow it’s not crass or gratuitous about any of them. Most impressive is that Jenkins Reid keeps her characters well-defined even though it’s not written in a traditional novel format. My favorite parts of this story are the deep dive into the creative process and the exploration of how we remember the past. Here’s hoping the Sam Claflin/Riley Keough-led, Reese Witherspoon-produced, (500) Days of Summer team-written Amazon series can do this book justice—I need this soundtrack!

The Plot Thickens podcast (2020)

A Turner Classic Movies podcast hosted by Ben Mankiewicz about film history is a specific—and predictable—Venn diagram of my interests.

Alfred Hitchcock Double Feature: Psycho (1960) + The Birds (1963)

The story about Psycho goes that my grandmother ran out of the movie theatre screaming during the shower scene. Now that I’ve finally watched it, I know why. This horror drama is still terrifying today even if you know what’s going to happen. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 10/10

The story about The Birds goes that my mother was terrified as a little girl after walking into a room where it was on TV, and now she still won’t watch it. The Oscar-winning visual effects have aged so much I didn’t find it scary, but I was still sucked in by the eerie plot. That said, I did have a frightening dream last night involving Tippi Hedren, so it may be more effective than I realized. Give me just a sec while I schedule some Hitchcock-focused family therapy. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 9/10

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Spend two hours with the two nicest bank robbers you’ll ever meet! A winsome Paul Newman and a laconic Robert Redford make their escape on the scenic trails of the Southwest, and gosh darn it, if they aren’t just a barrel of fun. I enjoyed this Western so much I recommended it in a piece I wrote for Round Trip, too. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 9/10

Katharine Hepburn Double Feature: Alice Adams (1935) + Woman of the Year (1942)

Saying you love Katharine Hepburn is like saying you love sunshine and flowers—of course you do! In Alice Adams, she’s an optimistic Cinderella with a down-on-their-luck family who falls for a high class fella (Fred MacMurray). In Woman of the Year, she’s a high-brow journalist who falls for sports columnist Spencer Tracy in their first of nine films together. She earned Oscar nominations for both, but I dare you not to fall in love with her after watching just one. Alice Adams - Crowd: 7.5/10 // Critic: 8/10 // Woman of the Year - Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 8.5/10

Also in May…

When you’re not allowed to travel, you get creative! For Round Trip this month, I recommended 13 movies about travel that will make you feel like you took the vacation COVID-19 made you cancel (including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). And if that’s not enough, why don’t you recreate your trip? I turned my apartment into Paris, and here’s why you might want to do the same.

Kyla and I didn’t go far back in time for most of our Gilmore Girls pop culture references on SO IT’S A SHOW? We covered three movies (or two, depending on how you see it) from the 2000s with connections to this year’s Oscars, 8 Mile and then Kill Bill. We also looked into the famous architect Stanford White and a movie he was featured in, 1981’s Ragtime, which had more connections to today’s culture than we expected.

I made another attempt at Jim Jarmusch for ZekeFilm with Broken Flowers. I still don’t get Jim Jarmusch.

My movie count in quarantine is up to 156. You can see them all on Letterboxd.

Photo credits: SNL, Taylor Swift, TikTok, Lady Gaga, Daisy Jones & the Six, The Plot Thickens. All others IMDb.com.

[losangelesleftygayvoters]

March 3, 2020 Primary

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LOS ANGELES AREA PROGRESSIVE VOTER GUIDE

The following are recommendations for the most effective, progressive candidates in each race based on reviewing the resources listed at the bottom of this guide, news articles, and candidates’ statements. I encourage you to do your own research on each candidate as well!

CALIFORNIA STATE PROPOSITION

Prop 13: YES - This is a $15 billion bond to invest in crumbling school infrastructure, including the removal of toxic mold and asbestos from aging classrooms, to provide cleaner drinking water, and make upgrades for fire and earthquake safety. The proposition would also increase the size of bonds that school districts can place on future ballots.

CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE

21st District: Kipp Mueller - Mueller’s progressive platform focuses on homelessness, wage inequality, and the environment, calling out Big Oil in the Antelope Valley swing district.

23rd District: Abigail Medina - The daughter of immigrant parents, Medina has been in the foster care system, worked as a tomato picker, and served on the San Bernardino City Unified School board. She is the candidate with the boldest environmental platform in her district.

27th District: Henry Stern - A strong advocate for closing the Aliso Canyon gas facility and a fairly progressive candidate in a purple district. In addition to fighting big oil, he’s running on creating incentives for companies to switch to clean transportation and renewable energy infrastructure, improving the economy with small businesses and job training, supporting education by securing funding, and creating safer communities by providing funding to local governments. (Fun fact: His dad played Marv in the Home Alone movies.)

29th District: Josh Newman - Newman won his Fullerton district in 2016, focusing on 100% renewable energy by 2045, affordable education, and homelessness and mental health services. He was recalled by voters in a low turnout midterm primary, after being targeted by a Republican effort to break the Democrats’ supermajority. Despite the partisan recall over his vote to increase the state gas tax by 12 cents per gallon to fund $5.4 billion in annual road improvement and transit projects, Newman will again face the Republican he beat in 2016.

35th District: Steven Bradford - A leader on police reform and accountability, including passing AB391, a law reducing when police can use deadly force. Bradford is focused on lowering homelessness through affordable housing, enhancing access to healthcare, and increasing access to mass transit.

CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY

36th District: Eric Andrew Ohlsen - Endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, Ohlsen has excellent positions on environmental issues, immigration, eliminating student debt, and criminal justice reform. Ohlsen wants to eliminate costly and unjust private prison contracts and help people already in the system with policies targeting recidivism.

38th District: Dina Cervantes - A child of immigrants, community activist, small business owner, and former preschool teacher with a strong record on education and environmental issues. (This district’s incumbent is retiring.)

39th District: Luz Maria Rivas - The incumbent, Rivas has a solid record on immigration and housing. She also founded a non-profit in Pacoima to encourage school-aged girls to pursue careers in STEM.

41st District: Chris Holden - The incumbent, Holden has fought to expand funding for disability programs, expand lead-level testing in drinking water at child care centers, and passed legislation to improve safety on electricity systems that caused the 2017 wildfires. His only opponents are Republicans, so vote for Chris! 

43rd District: Laura Friedman - Friedman is the incumbent and has a progressive voting record, including supporting the end of Section 8 discrimination and authoring several environmental and sustainability bills.

44th District: Jacqui Irwin - The incumbent, facing a Republican challenger, Irwin has focused heavily on gun violence prevention legislation and strengthened gun violence restraining orders since the 2018 Thousand Oaks shooting.

45th District: Jesse Gabriel - A progressive incumbent, Gabriel has enacted more than a dozen new gun safety measures, championed efforts to address California’s housing and homelessness crisis, and strengthened public education.

46th District: Adrin Nazarian - A strong charter school opponent, who has fought to increase public school aid by $23 billion over the past five years, with a mostly progressive record across the board.

49th District: Edwin Chau - Born in Hong Kong and raised in L.A., incumbent assemblymember Chau is facing a Republican challenger. He’s focused on legislation to prevent elder abuse and authored bills to address the affordable housing crisis as well as the California Consumer Privacy Act, enhancing protections for internet users’ personal data.

50th District: Richard Bloom - Authored some strong housing bills with a heavy focus on environmental legislation, helping establish the most stringent protections in the country against the dangers of hydraulic fracking.

53rd District: Godfrey Plata - Plata is a progressive challenger to an establishment Democratic incumbent, who has a disappointing record on housing policy. Plata is a gay Filipino immigrant, who if elected will become the first person in the California Assembly's 140-year history to be an out LGBTQIA+ immigrant. Plata’s campaign is focused on affordable housing, strengthening public schools, and universal healthcare.

54th District: Tracy B. Jones - A special education teacher, Jones is a strong advocate for increasing public school funding and improvements. He supports Medicare for All and the banning of fracking. 

57th District: Vanessa Tyson - Tyson is an advocate for increasing the accessibility and affordability of college, expanding affordable housing, and investing in permanent housing solutions to address homelessness.

58th District: Margaret Villa - A Green Party candidate, Villa supports rent control, Medicare for All, and getting money out of politics. The incumbent Democrat she’s challenging (Cristina Garcia) previously made false claims about earning a graduate degree, has several sexual harassment accusations against her from her own staff, and was investigated for her rampant use of racist and homophobic language in the workplace. Vote for Margaret Villa instead!

59th District: Reggie Jones-Sawyer - A strong progressive incumbent, Reggie comes from a family of pioneers in the civil rights movement, is the nephew of one of the Little Rock Nine, and a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus. He’s co-authored legislation to provide re-entry assistance like housing and job training for persons that have been wrongfully convicted and consequently released from state prison. He also led an effort to secure nearly $100 million for recidivism reduction grants. 

63rd District: Maria Estrada - Endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America, Estrada is a community activist, challenging an incumbent establishment Democratic leader, who stopped the passage of single-payer healthcare in the California legislature. Maria is running “to end the culture of policies that are deferential to industrial polluters that continue to poison our communities.”  

64th District: Fatima Iqbal-Zubair - A high school teacher from Watts, Fatima is challenging Democratic incumbent Mike Gipson, who takes money from Chevron, Valero, Pfizer, and Juul. She is campaigning to end environmental racism in her district, fight for affordable housing and rehabilitation services for the homeless, better funding for public schools, and making college accessible to everyone.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

District Attorney: Rachel Rossi - Rossi’s experience as a public defender and aggressive platform make her the most progressive option to unseat incumbent Jackie Lacey, who Black Lives Matter and the ACLU criticized for refusing to prosecute violent cops. Rossi will pursue “data-driven crime prevention” over ineffective mass incarceration, focusing on serious, violent cases and ending the revolving door of low-level offenses that waste taxpayer dollars.

County Measure R: YES - An important step toward L.A. County jail reform that helps decriminalize mental illness and build community-based care centers where people can get the qualified help they need. Measure R also provides crucial tools for LA’s Civilian Oversight Board to check a corrupt Sheriff’s department.

L.A. County Measure FD: YES - Provides firefighters with the resources they require.

COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE, 43rd Assembly District (*Vote for no more than 7)

Luke H. Klipp - A progressive, who is disenchanted with the establishment, Klipp has been a housing and HIV/AIDS policy advocate and transportation analyst. He hopes to create a more walkable, bikeable, and transit-friendly LA, centering equity and climate change in all policy.

Jennifer “Jenni” Chang - A universal healthcare advocate and community activist, Jenni wants to make politics more people-centric, shun corporate influence, and hold party leaders accountable to progressive values. She supports green transportation, more public education funding, affordable housing, closing corporate loopholes, and prison reform.

Linda Perez - Linda is an immigrant and retired labor advocate, who is prioritizing immigrant protections, LGBTQ rights, education, housing, workers’ rights, and student homelessness.

Ingrid Gunnell - A teacher focused on public school funding and accountability for charter schools, Ingrid plans to fight homelessness with affordable housing, mental healthcare, and job training.

Nicholas James Billing - A Sunrise Movement member, Nicholas is fighting for renewable energy infrastructure, supports public school, prison reform, and affordable housing.

Angel Izard - A community activist, Angel supports public schools, quality healthcare for all Californians, investing in renewable energy, affordable housing, and prison reform.

Paul Neuman - An incumbent, Paul wants to empower people and make government more accessible, transparent, responsive and accountable. He has a long history of activism and volunteer work, advocating for many marginalized groups. He’s written resolutions for emergency funding for homelessness, arts education, campaign reform, and more.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

Office No. 42: Linda Sun - Sun is an experienced prosecutor focused on corruption from professionals and businesses rather than crimes of poverty. She describes her judicial approach as embodying empathy and dignity.

Office No. 72: Myanna Dellinger - Dellinger is passionate about gender-related employment discrimination, harassment, and violence cases. She believes “people of color and lower incomes are disproportionately affected by environmental problems such as air and water pollution...The law should help remedy that.” Dellinger also advocates for gender-affirming treatment of everyone in and out of the courtroom.

Office No. 76: Emily Cole - As a judge, Cole is dedicated to helping the victims of crime but also helping the defendants that are in a system that they can’t get out of. She was also endorsed over her opponent by the LA County Bar Association.

Office No. 80: Klint James McKay - McKay is an administrative law judge with social services and has a history in the Public Defender Union. He has focused on an empathetic approach and understanding for all people, who pass through the court. His opponent David Berger is endorsed by the problematic current DA Jackie Lacey but was also chosen for the District Attorney's Office Alternative Sentencing Designee, where he’s worked within the criminal justice system to find alternatives for non-violent candidates.

Office No. 97: Sherry L. Powell - Powell has dedicated much of her legal career to serving and advocating for families, who lost loved ones to murder, and victims of violent crimes such as child molestation, rape, human trafficking, and domestic violence. She is running against Timothy Reuben, a real estate law firm founder, who ran as a conservative in 2018.

Office No. 129: Kenneth Fuller - As a District Attorney, Fuller has prosecuted environmental and sex crimes, but has also worked on the defense side as a military judge advocate.

Office No. 145: Troy Slaten - Slaten strongly supports criminal justice reform with efforts such as Collaborative Courts, designed to provide treatment instead of incarceration to the most vulnerable populations in the criminal justice system.

Office No. 150: Tom Parsekian - Parsekian is a civil litigation attorney, who is endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America.

Office No. 162: Caree Annette Harper - Harper is a former police officer, turned civil rights attorney, who has dedicated massive amounts of her time to pro bono work. In 2018, Caree obtained $1.5 million for the family of Reginald Thomas, who was beaten and tased to death by Pasadena Police Department.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERVISOR

2nd District: Holly Mitchell - A champion for progressive causes in the State Legislature, Mitchell has called for 20% affordable housing in every new development and a compassionate, non-criminalization approach to the homelessness crisis. Holly introduced the recently enacted CROWN Act, the first state law to ban discrimination based on natural hair or styles like locs, braids, and twists in workplaces and public schools.

4th District: Janice Hahn - Hanh has been solid on housing and labor issues. It should be noted that in 2015, she voted with 242 Republicans and 46 Democrats to pass a bill that proposed instituting a much more intensive screening for refugees from Iraq and Syria, who applied for admission to the U.S. It does not appear Hahn has any serious challengers.

5th District: Darrell Park - Park proposed an ambitious Green New Deal for LA County, signed the homes guarantee, and endorsed the Services Not Sweeps campaign to end the criminalization and ease the suffering of unhoused people. The current Supervisor for this district, Kathryn Barger, is the only Republican on the County Board of Supervisors. 

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT - BOARD OF EDUCATION

The following are the endorsements of the Los Angeles teachers union: 

District 1: George McKenna

District 3: Scott Schmerlson

District 5: Jackie Goldberg 

District 7: Patricia Castellanos

LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

***The corruption in City Hall has led to inaction, worsened the housing crisis, and wasted millions in taxpayer dollars. I urge you to vote out all incumbents.

2nd District: Ayinde Jones - Wants to expand affordable public transportation and beds in homeless shelters. (The incumbent, Paul Krekorian, did not meet the new bed goal that the city council set for itself. Krekorian did turn his own budget’s $400 million surplus into a $200 million deficit with little transparency or public oversight though.) For more info on this race, check out this community activist’s thread from the candidates’ forum.

4th District: Nithya Raman - Nithya is an MIT-trained urban planner, who founded SELAH, a local homeless service organization, and served as executive director of anti-sexual harassment group Times Up. She plans to end homelessness by providing services and housing to those in need, stop evictions, and freeze rents. She is also focused on fighting the climate crisis and improving our city’s air quality.

6th District: Bill Haller - A member of his neighborhood council and experienced with environmental advocacy, Haller is running because he is disgusted by the corruption in L.A. City Hall. Haller wants to reduce city council pay from $207,000 to $93,500 (or 85% of an elected state assemblymember’s salary) and double the number of city districts to allow for more diverse, grassroots candidates, who better understand and represent their communities.

8th District: Denise Woods - A write-in candidate who has fought against housing discrimination, Denise has plans to address public safety, prevent gang violence, and expand education and job training in South L.A.

10th District: Aura Vasquez - Aura was born and raised in Colombia. In 1996, her family came to America to escape the bloodshed and violence caused by drug cartels and the War on Drugs. As an undocumented student, Aura worked nights and weekends to put herself through college. Aura has become a dedicated community organizer, environmental advocate, and was the driving force in banning single-use plastic bags in L.A. She is focused on making city services more responsive, creating affordable housing and homeless services, ensuring police treat all residents with respect and dignity, keeping immigrant and refugee families together, and supporting local schools, teachers, and after-school programs.

12th District: Dr. Loraine Lundquist - An educator and astrophysicist, Loraine is an expert on clean energy and helped organize community opposition to the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility when it posed a massive danger to the Valley in 2015. She is refusing donations from corporate special interests and wants to challenge corruption in the LADWP to create lower utility bills for residents. Loraine also wants to use humane, data-proven solutions to end the homelessness crisis, putting an end to tax dollars being wasted on inaction.

14th District: Cyndi Otteson - Cyndi served on her neighborhood council and leads a nonprofit that helped over 320 refugee families resettle in the U.S. Cyndi rejects developer, charter school, and special interest money and wants to make housing more affordable for rent-burdened Angelenos with financial reforms and protections for renters. She proposes using the $355 million annually generated by Measure H to build on or adapt commercial property that is undeveloped or abandoned for affordable housing and homeless shelters.

GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL

Dan Brotman - Dan is an advocate for a sustainable Glendale and has been endorsed by the Sunrise Movement for fighting fossil fuel infrastructure and advocating for affordable housing.

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

8th District: Chris Bubser - Bubser has been endorsed by several labor and environmental groups, and she is the only chance to avoid two Republicans on the November general election ballot in this red district.

23rd District: Kim Mangone - Kim is a veteran, running against Kevin McCarthy, one of the most far-right Republicans in Congress and the GOP’s current House Minority Leader. Vote for Kim and get McCarthy the hell out of Washington!

26th District: Julia Brownley - The incumbent, Julia passed her Female Veterans Suicide Prevention Act in 2016, which requires the VA to collect data on women veterans to identify best practices and services to end female veteran suicide. She passed a surface transportation bill to increase funds to invest in our crumbling infrastructure. Julia has been an advocate for women and working families, fighting to close the wage gap, raise the minimum wage, and expand job training and education assistance.

27th District: Judy Chu - The incumbent, Chu is chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and has a strong record on immigration rights and reform. She has also become a strong advocate for ending military hazing since her 21-year-old nephew shot and killed himself after enduring three and a half hours of discrimination-motivated assault and torture from his fellow marines in Afghanistan.

28th District: G. “Maebe A. Girl” Puldo - Maebe (she/her) is the first drag queen elected to public office in U.S. history! She is genderfluid/trans and hosts, produces, and performs in drag shows around Los Angeles in addition to her Silver Lake Neighborhood Council duties. Maebe supports Medicare for All, has experience with homelessness advocacy, and is running on a broad, progressive platform. If your knee jerk reaction is to dismiss Maebe because she’s a drag queen, kindly check your queerphobia at the door. 

(Second Choice: Adam Schiff - Despite his impressive contribution to the president’s impeachment, incumbent Adam Schiff has shown himself to be a hawk, defined by donations made to his campaign by the defense industry. Even if you plan to vote for Schiff during the general election this November, I encourage you to vote for Maebe in the primary.)

29th District: Angélica María Dueñas - A member of her neighborhood council, Dueñas supports unions, Medicare For All, achieving 100% renewable energy by 2030, eliminating pharmaceutical subsidies, increasing taxes on the rich, and a humane path to citizenship.

30th District: CJ Berina - CJ is challenging an establishment Democratic incumbent, who has worked against many progressive causes. CJ supports the Green New Deal, Medicare For All, the cancellation of medical and student debt, abolishing ICE and the death penalty, and ending for-profit healthcare.

32nd District: Emanuel Gonzales - Growing up, Emanuel and his family became homeless twice: after his father was diagnosed with End-Stage Renal Disease and during the recession. Since his father died from a failed kidney transplant, Emanuel has become an advocate for expanding Medicare coverage to everyone in the U.S. and reforming the current organ transplantation system so that no organ goes to waste. Personally knowing the pain of losing a home, Emanuel will fight for affordable interest rates for first-time buyers, extending tax benefits for working families who own homes, and increasing federal grants, so people can own homes in the communities they work and serve in.

33rd District: Ted Lieu - Ted has been an outspoken critic of the current administration, bringing special attention to the treatment of migrant children in detention, separated from their families. Ted previously authored a bill banning conversion therapy and was a co-sponsor of the 2019 Medicare For All Act.

34th District: Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla - Frances supports Medicare for All, the Rent Relief Act, the Green New Deal, and urgently wants to end the war in Yemen. The incumbent Jimmy Gomez has moved to the left since facing a Green Party candidate last election cycle. If nothing else, let’s push him even more left.

37th District: Karen Bass - Leader of the Congressional Black Caucus, Karen has focused on issues such as criminal justice reform, a national minimum wage increase, and foster care. She supports Medicare For All, tuition-free community college, and capping the interest rate for federal student loans at 3.4 percent.

38th District: Michael Tolar - Supports Medicare for All, The Green New Deal, closing private prisons, getting money out of politics, and banning military-style weapons.

39th District: Gil Cisneros - A solid Orange County Democrat facing a tough reelection against a Republican this fall. Cisneros was a $266 million Mega Millions winner and became a philanthropist before deciding to run for Congress in 2018. Gil is a veteran and education advocate, who has stood up to the insurance and pharmaceutical industries to lower healthcare costs, protected education funding, and worked to create good-paying local jobs.

40th District: Dr. Rodolfo Cortes Barragan - Taking on a more conservative Democrat incumbent, Rodolfo is a first-generation American, who came from Mexico at a young age and earned degrees from UC Berkeley and Stanford. He is a Green Party candidate, running on a platform of Medicare for All, tuition-free public colleges, the Green New Deal, abolishing ICE, repealing the Patriot Act, and a homes guarantee with funding for universal public housing.

43rd District: Maxine Waters - Maxine has been an outspoken advocate for women, children, people of color, and the poor. She has strongly condemned the actions of the current administration and is facing a Republican challenger this fall.

44th District: Nanette Diaz Barragán - Elected in 2016, Nanette became the first Latina to represent her Congressional district. She is a strong advocate for immigration and supports Medicare for All.

45th District: Katie Porter - Katie is a survivor of domestic abuse and a former consumer protection attorney. She impressively won a swing district while still supporting Medicare for All, gun safety reform, and legislation to reduce the influence of dark money in politics. 

47th District: Peter Matthews - Peter refuses donations from corporate PACs and lobbyists,  supports tuition-free college, canceling student debt, Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, universal child care, public banks, taxing income brackets over $10 million at 70%, and believes housing is a human right.

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Elizabeth Warren - Elizabeth doesn’t just have some of the most comprehensive, progressive plans of any candidate, she has figured out and proposed some brilliant strategies to actually move them through the gridlock in Washington. She engages with stakeholders in every community, listens, and incorporates their feedback to be sure she is addressing the needs of all Americans. I trust Elizabeth to take on corruption and create a better, fairer country by removing monied corruption in politics, implementing a wealth tax on the ultra rich, creating free universal healthcare, reforming our criminal justice system, fighting predatory debt, expanding educational and economic opportunities, and creating new clean energy jobs to swiftly combat climate change.

(2nd Choice: Bernie Sanders - Bernie is a truly inspiring candidate, and I agree with almost all of his policies. I would be thrilled to vote and volunteer for him if he becomes the nominee, but he is my second choice because I believe Warren has more effective strategies to implement an extremely similar platform, ranging from the removal of the filibuster to finding solutions that won’t raise middle-class taxes to fund for Medicare For All.)

RESOURCES

https://lavote.net/Apps/CandidateList/Index?id=3793

https://laist.com/elections/

https://knock-la.com/the-knock-la-los-angeles-progressive-voter-guide-for-the-march-2020-primary-7f2c3efc13cc 

https://www.dsa-la.org/2020_primary_voter_guide 

https://votersedge.org/en/ca 

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/9/1917945/-LA-Progressive-Majority-Voter-Guide-to-Judges-Candidates-for-March-2020-Los-Angeles-CA 

https://progressivevotersguide.com/california/

https://app.kpcc.civicengine.com/v/choose_party 

http://www.easyvoterguide.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EVG-march2020-Eng.pdf 

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Vigilante justice

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by RadioDeerboi

By day, Connor is a bright-eyed, dog-loving, brilliant detective at the DPD. Youngest ever to join the force at only 23, top at his class and newest partner to Lieutenant Anderson.

And by night is hes known as Eight, android vigilante bestowing justice on humans and deviants alike.

With rising deviant attacks and a chic hobo cop as a partner, he's working overtime trying to protect both of his secrets as Connor and Eight.

As in the words of Hank Anderson, Well shit.

Words: 421, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: M/M, Multi

Characters: Connor (Detroit: Become Human), Hank Anderson, Markus (Detroit: Become Human), North (Detroit: Become Human), Josh (Detroit: Become Human), Simon (Detroit: Become Human), OC android, Tracis, Gavin Reed, androids - Character, Kara (Detroit: Become Human), Alice Williams (Detroit: Become Human), Luther (Detroit: Become Human), Eight

Relationships: Connor/Markus (Detroit: Become Human), Josh & Markus & North & Simon (Detroit: Become Human), Hank Anderson & Connor, Kara & Alice Williams (Detroit: Become Human), Kara/Luther (Detroit: Become Human)

Additional Tags: Detroit Police Department (Detroit: Become Human), Vigilantism, vigilante Connor, oc androids - Freeform, giving names to unnamed androids, My First Work in This Fandom, first work ever actully, YAAAYYY, anyway, Connor (Detroit: Become Human) is Bad at Feelings, anda very sad boi, How Do I Tag, im new to this fanfiction thing so dont hurt me, Connor Deserves Happiness, Dogs, hank needs to help his son, New Au, i think idont really know, gay bois, asexual boi, Human Connor (Detroit: Become Human), not really hes actully a, Deviant Connor (Detroit: Become Human), hes just pretending, crossposted, Friends to Lovers, Badass Connor (Detroit: Become Human), he a bad boi o, Hank is best dad, Good Parent Hank Anderson, Protective Hank Anderson, Protective Connor, Eight is an oc technacally, but hes also connor sooo..., Im tired, Updating tags, i dont know how to use this website, it looks better on wattpad trust me

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[sincerely-michael-mell]

My Audio List

I have a smaller collection that I thought, but at least I have them...

Beetlejuice

Washington, DC

Date: October 14,2018

Notes: First preview

Dear Evan Hansen

Date: May 13, 2018

Note: Mike's last show

Cast: Ben Platt, Mike Faist, Will Roland

The Prom

Date: 10-24-18

​Cast: Caitlin Kinnunen - Emma

Isabelle McCalla - Alyssa

Beth Leavel - Dee Dee Allen

Brooks Ashmanskas - Barry Glickman

Josh Lamon - Sheldon Saperstein

angie Schworer - Angie

Christopher Sieber - Trent Oliver

Coutnay Collins - Mrs. Greene

​Michael Potts - Mr.Hawkins

Ensamble - Mary Antonini, Coutney Balan, Jerusha Cavazos, Shelby Finnie, Josh Franklin, Sheldon Henry, Fernell Hogan, Joomin Hwang, Becca Lee, Wayne "Juice" Mackins, Vasthy Mompoint, Anthony Norman, Drew Redington, Teddy Toye, Kalyn West, Brittany Zeinstra

Waitress

Notes: Jessie's final show

Date: 3-24-17

​Jessie Mueller (Jenna), Charity Angel Dawson (Becky), Caitlin Houlahan (Dawn), Drew Gehling (Dr. Pomatter), William Popp (Earl), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Joe Cassidy (Cal), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie)

Bandstand

Notes: Second preview

Date: 4-1-17

​Corey Cott (Donny Novitski), Laura Osnes (Julia Troy), Beth Leavel (Mrs. Adams), Joe Carroll (Johnny Simpson), Brandon James Ellis (Davy Zlatic), Nate Hopkins (Jimmy Campbell), Geoff Packard (Wayne Wright), Joey Pero (Nick Radel)

Be More Chill

Date: Unknown

Dear Evan Hansen

Date: 2-10-19

Cast: Andrew Barth Feldman, Mallory Bechtel, Lisa Brescia, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Alex Boniello, Michael Park, Sky Lakota-Lynch, Samantha Williams

Date: 3-15-18

Taylor Trensch, Alex Boniello, Lisa Brescia, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Michael Park, Sky Lakota-Lynch

Hamilton Chicago

Date: 10-12-16

Cast: ​​Miguel Cervantes (Alexander Hamilton), Ari Afsar (Eliza Hamilton), Joshua Henry (Aaron Burr), Karen Olivo (Angelica Schuyler), Jonathan Kirkland (George Washington), Chris De’Sean Lee (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Wallace Smith (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), José Ramos (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Samantha Marie Ware (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Alexander Gemignani (King George III), Jin Ha (Philip Schuyler/James Reynolds/Doctor), José Amor (Samuel Seabury), John Michael Fiumara (Charles Lee), Remmie Bourgeois (George Eacker), José Amor, Amber Ardolino, Remmie Bourgeois, Chloë Campbell, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, John Michael Fiumara, Jin Ha, Holly James, Dashí Mitchell, Justice Moore, Emmy Raver-Lampman (Ensemble)

​Date: 10-5-16

Cast: ​Miguel Cervantes (Alexander Hamilton), Ari Afsar (Eliza Hamilton), Joshua Henry (Aaron Burr), Karen Olivo (Angelica Schuyler), Jonathan Kirkland (George Washington), Chris De’Sean Lee (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Wallace Smith (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), José Ramos (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Samantha Marie Ware (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Alexander Gemignani (King George III), Jin Ha (Philip Schuyler/James Reynolds/Doctor), José Amor (Samuel Seabury), John Michael Fiumara (Charles Lee), Remmie Bourgeois (George Eacker), José Amor, Amber Ardolino, Remmie Bourgeois, Chloë Campbell, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, John Michael Fiumara, Jin Ha, Holly James, Dashí Mitchell, Justice Moore, Emmy Raver-Lampman (Ensemble)

Falsettos

Date 1-8-17 (Closing Night)

Cast: ​Christian Borle (Marvin), Stephanie J. Block (Trina), Andrew Rannells (Whizzer), Brandon Uranowitz (Mendel), Tracie Thoms (Dr. Charlotte), Betsy Wolfe (Cordelia), Anthony Rosenthal (Jason)

​Pretty Woman

Notes: Second preview

Date: 3-14-18

​Samantha Barks (Vivian), Steve Kazee (Edward), Orfeh (Kit De Luca), Jason Danieley (Philip), Eric Anderson (Mr. Thompson), Kingsley Leggs (James)

The Lion King

Date: 6-8-13

Andile Gumbi (Simba), Jaden Jordan (Young Simba), Derek Smith (Scar), Alton Fitzgerald White (Mufasa), Buyi Zama (Rafiki), Chantal Riley (Nala), Teshi Thomas (Young Nala), Jeff Binder (Timon), Ben Jeffrey (Pumbaa), Fred Berman (Zazau), James Brown-Orleans (Bonzai), Bonita J. Hamilton (Shenzi), Enrique Segura (Ed), Derrick Davis, Lindiwe Dlamini, Bongi Duma, Joel Karie, Ron Kunene, Sheryl McCallum, S'bu Ngema, Nteliseng Nkhela, Sindisiwe Nxumalo, Chondra La-Tease Profit, Vusi Sondiyazi, L. Steven Taylor, Rema Webb (Ensemble Singers), Lawrence Alexander, Lamar Baylor, Gabriel Croom, Charity de Loera, Christopher Freeman, Lisa Lewis,

Jaysin McCollum, Ray Mercer, Bravita Threatt, Natalie Turner (u/s Fireflies specialist), Donna Michelle Vaughn, Camille Workman (Ensemble Dancers)

Frozen

Date: 2-22-18

Cast: ​Caissie Levy (Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Jelani Alladin (Kristoff), Greg Hildreth (Olaf), John Riddle (Hans), Robert Creighton (Duke of Weselton), Kevin Del Aguila(Oaken), Timothy Hughes (Pabbie), Andrew Pirozzi (Sven), Mattea Conforti (Young Anna), Brooklyn Nelson (Young Elsa), Tracee Brazer, Wendi Bergamini, Ashley Blanchet, James Brown III (King Agnarr), Claire Camp, Lauren Nicole Chapman, Jeremy Davis, Kali Grinder, Zach Hess, Donald Jones JR. Nina Lafarga, Ross Lekites, Austin Lesch, Synthia Link, Adam Perry, Olivia Phillip (Bulda), Noah J. Ricketts, Ann Sanders (Queen Iduna), Jacob Smith, Nicholas Ward

​Ben Platt (Boston)

(Concert)

Date: May 9, 2019

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NORTH IS A FUCKING QUEEN

Alright sluts, I'm very fucking tired of seeing North hate in the DBH fandom. Just, calm your tits and dicks because y'all just hating her because "she's bad", "she's crazy", "she's genocidal", "she doesn't deserve Markus", "she ruined your Simon x Markus ship", and etc etc

Well lookie here hoes and assholes because I give you reasons why this genocidal gal is like this and your hatred is invalid.

North character provides the "genocide" route of the game. She basically tells the player or Markus on the more brutal approach, contradicting Josh's approach which would be in the "pacifist" or peaceful way while Simon is basically a neutral guy who will follow the players actions.

"So, North's presence basically gives Markus advice on killing humans, big deal, that doesn't mean she has to be a bitch and always say to kill off the humans and be genocide" You say.

Ohoho, hoe. If you only knew. Let me educate you poor hoes and asses on our beloved genocidal queen, North.

North is a fucking WR400 which if you all don't fucking know, is a Traci in the game. Now, a Traci is an android CyberLife specifically designed to be a sexual partner. There are two models for a Traci, WR400 for female like North and HR400 for it's male counter part. Her model, WR400, was released in 2035 and we don't really have an exact date of purchase by the owner of Eden Club but let's assume she was bought in that year also. Looking at the current year of the game that took place, it was 2038.

So, according to the conversation she had with Markus that she claimed she has been in Jericho for "4 weeks, 3 days and 11 hours" on November 6th, 5 pm. Having that information, we can tell that North arrived at Jericho in October 6th. But how do we know when she deviated? Well, if you listened to Hank and the Eden Club's owner as you were playing Connor in "The Eden Club" chapter, the owner had said about a small problem.

How do we know this was North? She had told Markus that she was rented home.

His missing reports could also be seen when Connor was gathering information in "Waiting For Hank".

The club's owner filed a report in October 5th, which if we would say that North deviated a day before the report was filed, October 4th. She deviated at that night when she accompanied the person who rented her and strangled him. Well, she acted out her deviancy at that moment.

Anyways, we have the information on her model's released date, when she acted her deviancy, the day she reported missing and the when she has gotten to Jericho.

Let's get back to what her model specifically do. "A doll in a distributor programmed to satisfy humans... Just a toy design for their pleasure..." North had said to Markus.

"To satisfy human" "toy design for their pleasure" North is a fucking sex slave. She is used over and over for almost 3 years and 10 months. Forced to be merely used for fucking. North remembers it. The disgusting acts performed onto her and she couldn't fight back for she fears to be killed because of her deviancy. This is why she hates humans. She wants revenge. Revenge from everything they have done to her and her fellow androids. Her anger is fucking is justified through all the bullshit she have went and seen in the game.

I mean, if you were to used you would get angry, right? Then imagine being in North's place. Being used for almost 4 years if she didn't seized the opportunity to escape that night she was rented. She woul remain being a sex slave to various people who didn't give a shit about her. Wouldn't you want to get revenge too? Don't fucking lie, I know you all will. It's human nature for us to crave for our own justice.

So, North's opinion in humans are fucking justified and y'all just hating her because she ruined your Simon x Markus ship.

That's all, good bye.

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Life & Style, March 4

Cover: Kylie Jenner Three Months Pregnant 

Page 1: Photo Flash -- Prince Harry spent Valentine’s Day in the Arctic Circle where he braved sub-zero temperatures to visit troops undergoing winter survival training at Bardufoss Air Force Base 

Page 2: Contents 

Page 3: Say What?! Chris Pratt on his days as a waiter, Cardi B on dating after her split from Offset, Irina Shayk on when she’s not working, Lupita Nyong’o went on a 10-day silent retreat, Hailey Baldwin on her bad breakup from Justin Bieber in 2016 

Page 4: The Top 10 BAFTA Looks -- Claire Foy, Kate Middleton, Laura Harrier, Amy Adams, Linda Cardellini 

Page 5: Lily Collins, Michelle Rodriguez, Cate Blanchett, Regina King, Rachel Weisz 

Page 6: Twinning -- Bianca Brandolini D’Adda vs. Regina King, Melanie Thierry vs. Sara Sampaio, Olivia Culpo vs. Sofia Richie 

Page 8: Mandy Moore’s husband from hell Ryan Adams 

Page 9: Sharon Stone threw a huge temper tantrum on the set of Chanel West Coast’s new music video for the song Sharon Stoned and cost the production tens of thousands of dollars, Throwback -- Hannah Simone, Biggest Spenders of the Week -- Venus Williams, Gucci Mane, Drake, Priyanka Chopra, Tom Brady 

Page 10: Bachelor Ben Higgins is dating someone new, Jeremy Piven strapped for cash, Whose earrings are they? Duchess Kate, Miley Cyrus, Claire Foy, Bebe Rexha, Ashlee Simpson, Katy Perry 

Page 11: Pregnant Jessica Simpson put on bed rest 

Page 12: George Clooney’s Worst Fear -- Meghan Markle will end up like Princess Diana 

Page 13: Housewives in the Hot Seat -- Luann De Lesseps, Phaedra Parks, Lisa Vanderpump, LeeAnne Locken, Dorit Kemsley, Sonja Morgan, VIP Style -- Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Bella Thorne, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, Taraji P. Henson and Alexander Wang, Josh Duhamel, Lady Gaga, Nina Agdal, Jawan Jackson and Derrick Baskin and Emily Blunt and John Krasinski 

Page 14: The Week in Photos -- Miley Cyrus and Rebel Wilson at the Isn’t It Romantic premiere, Brandon Scott Jones and Betty Gilpin and Priyanka Chopra and Adam Devine 

Page 15: Khloe Kardashian and niece Penelope, Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki of The Big Bang Theory 

Page 16: Chris Hemsworth, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott, Milo Ventimiglia is Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Man of the Year 

Page 18: Child’s Play -- John Stamos and son Billy, Malin Akerman and son Sebastian, Jennifer Garner and son Samuel 

Page 19: Vanessa Lachey and son Phoenix 

Page 20: Selena Gomez and BFF Courtney Barry, Victoria Justice, Prince William 

Page 22: National Pizza Day -- Reese Witherspoon, Rita Ora, Joe Manganiello and Paul Reubens, Giada De Laurentiis 

Page 24: Ellen DeGeneres and Jennifer Lopez 

Page 25: Chris Pratt, Jessica Simpson 

Page 26: Stars Behaving Badly -- Toni Braxton, Tracy Morgan and wife Megan Wollover, Miley Cyrus 

Page 30: Hollywood Heartbeat -- Josh Duhamel dating actress Rebekah Graf 

Page 31: Melissa Gorga wants to turn husband Joe’s house-flipping seminars into an HGTV show, Derek Hough ready to wed Hayley Erbert, Romance Report Card -- Chance the Rapper, Tori Spelling, Dina Lohan 

Page 32: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale got into a heated argument while at the beach in Australia because Rose wants to get married and Bobby is dragging his feet, Paris Jackson’s pals hope she’ll break up with half-homeless boyfriend Gabriel Glenn who smokes and drinks every day, Jennie Garth and Dave Abrams’ divorce is off 

Page 33: All Heidi Klum’s wedding details, Can You Believe They Dated -- Kathy Griffin and Quentin Tarantino in 1995 

Page 34: Cover Story -- Kylie Jenner’s pregnant again 

Page 36: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga finally go public 

Page 40: The Bachelor Colton Underwood blindsided 

Page 42: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt taking things slow 

Page 44: First Came Breakup, Then Came Marriage -- Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, Behati Prinsloo and Adam Levine, Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell 

Page 45: Prince William and Kate Middleton, Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavallari 

Page 48: Who Lives Here? Jennifer Garner 

Page 50: Entertainment 

Page 51: Star Review -- Kim Zolciak-Biermann, As Seen On-Screen -- Gwyneth Paltrow wore on Real Mean Eat Goop the Fitbit Alta HR fitness tracker 

Page 52: Fashion -- Grammys -- Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, Camila Cabello 

Page 53: Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha 

Page 56: Beauty -- Miranda Kerr 

Page 58: Beauty Crush -- Lady Gaga 

Page 60: How She Got That Body -- Eva Longoria 

Page 62: The Fabulous Life of DJ Khaled 

Page 64: Diva or Down-to-Earth -- Nicole Scherzinger, Joshua Jackson, Pink and family 

Page 66: Social Stars Posts of the Week -- My Best Friend’s Wedding’s Dermot Mulroney and Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett, Andy Cohen and baby Benjamin, Melissa McCarthy, Throwback -- Katharine McPhee and Meghan Markle 

Page 67: Jessica Alba, Bachelor Colton Underwood, Kanye West and daughter North, Orlando Bloom 

Page 68: Horoscope -- Pisces Jessica Biel, They’re Not Together But They Should Be -- Zayn Malik and Camila Mendes 

Page 70: Made Ya Look -- Katharine McPhee in Waitress 

Page 72: What I’m Into -- Lance Bass 

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LSU: 2019 Fiesta Bowl Champions

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Joe Burrow watched the ball land in an opposing player's hands and immediately gave chase. Locked in on preventing a pick six, LSU's quarterback didn't see Joey Connors, Central Florida's 313-pound defensive lineman, bearing down on him.

With a thunderous, blindside collision , Burrow found himself flat on his back, woozy and wondering what happened.

Minutes later, after being helped to his feet, Burrow was back on the field, hitting receivers all over the field.

The nation's longest winning streak was over. So was a second self-proclaimed national championship.

The LSU Tigers were Fiesta Bowl champions, thanks to their gritty junior quarterback.

Burrow shook off the big early hit to throw for 394 yards and four touchdowns, helping No. 11 LSU end No. 7 UCF's 25-game winning streak with a 40-32 victory in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday.

"I didn't really think about the hit too much after it happened," said Burrow, who had a cut on his neck from the hit. "It hurt for a second, I got right up and went on to the next play."

LSU (10-3, No. 11 CFP) started its first Fiesta Bowl without several key players on defense and fell into an early 11-point hole against the high-scoring Knights (12-1, No. 8 CFP).

The Tigers clawed back behind Burrow and a defensive front that made life difficult for UCF quarterback Darriel Mack Jr.

Burrow returned from the early blindside hit to pick apart UCF's secondary, hitting 21 of 34 of passes, including two touchdowns to Justin Jefferson.

"It looked like the passing game we wanted," LSU coach Ed Orgeron said. "Joe was on the money."

LSU sacked Mack five times and made him rush numerous throws, holding the nation's third-best offense to 250 total yards -- 295 below its average -- while spoiling the Knights' bid for a second straight self-proclaimed national title.

Taj McGowan scored on a 2-yard run and the Knights converted a 2-point conversion to pull UCF to within 40-32. After LSU recovered the onside kick, the Knights' last-ditch attempt finished with a tipped interception, ending a run that started after a loss in the 2016 Cure Bowl.

"Obviously, everyone in the locker room is really upset," UCF defensive lineman Mason Colubiale. "We haven't lost a game since 2016."

UCF declared itself national champions after finishing as the only undefeated FBS team a year ago. The Knights earned another shot at an undefeated season by staging a massive rally to beat Memphis in the American Athletic Conference title game.

But just like last year, UCF was on the outside looking in when the College Football Playoff final four was announced, adding to the boulder-sized chip on its shoulder and only a self-awarded national title in its reach.

The Speedy Knights got the Fiesta Bowl off to a fast start, going up 14-3 on Greg McCrae's 25-yard TD run and Brandon Moore's 93-yard interception return.

The Tigers roared back behind Burrow and their disruptive defensive front.

Burrow shook off the big hit on the pick six, finding Jefferson on a pair of scoring passes and a 49-yard TD to Derrick Dillon.

UCF sputtered offensively after its opening drive, but Mack hit Gabriel Davis on a 32-yard pass in the closing seconds to pull UCF to within 24-21 at halftime.

Burrow opened the second half with a 32-yard TD pass to Ja'Marr Chase, and Cole Tracy hit three field goals to put LSU up 40-24. Tracy's final kick, the 97th of his career, broke the NCAA all-division record and ended the nation's fourth-longest winning streak since 2000.

"Love the way they competed for four quarters, continued to fight with everything that they had. Believed. Played as a group," UCF first-year coach Josh Huepel said. "Just weren't good enough at the end."

THE TAKEAWAY

Even depleted, LSU's defense proved to still be formidable and Burrow showed his grit after the big hit, giving LSU its first 10-win season since 2013.

UCF missed injured two-time AAC player of the year McKenzie Milton and had no answer for LSU's passing game to lose for the first time in two years.

SO MANY PENALTIES

The first meeting between UCF and LSU was chippy from the start, including three first-half ejections. LSU consensus All-America safety Grant Delpit was among those ejected after being called for targeting in the second quarter.

UCF had a key penalty in the second quarter, when Randy Charlton was hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after the Knights stopped LSU on a third-and-6. That kept the Tigers' drive alive and Burrow hit Justice for a TD that pulled LSU to within 14-10.

LSU had 14 penalties for 145 yards, LSU had 12 for 104 yards.

UP NEXT

LSU: RB Nick Brossette is a senior, Clyde Edwards-Helaire is just a sophomore and Burrow will be back. Delpit also is a sophomore and most of the defense should be back. LSU opens the 2019 season against Georgia Southern on Aug. 31.

UCF: Most of the Knights' offense skill players should be back, but they have four seniors on the two-deep offensive line roster. UCF also will have new pieces on defense next season, with nine seniors on the two-deep. UCF opens the 2019 season against Florida A&M on Aug. 31.

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Netflix’s Never Have I Ever: Great TV Comedies to Watch Next

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If there’s justice in this world, high school comedy Never Have I Ever will return for at least a third season. The story of 15-year-old Devi Vishwakumar, a Los Angeles teen reeling from her beloved father’s sudden death while trying to navigate all the usual boys/school/friendship mess of adolescence, deserves to continue long into the future. (Here’s our spoiler-free season two review.)

While fans wait for news on a third season commission, the 10 great shows below are well worth discovering or (re)discovering. They’re not all teen shows, nor are they all strictly comedies, but somewhere along the line, they share some DNA with Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher’s Never Have I Ever. Add your own additional recommendations below.

Fresh Off the Boat

Six seasons (2015 – 2020)

Since the cruel early cancellation of her show Don’t Trust the B**** in Apt. 23 (Krysten Ritter’s funniest performance to date) it’s pretty much mandatory to watch anything Nahnatchka Khan makes. Fresh Off the Boat was her follow-up comedy for ABC, based on the early life of celebrity chef Eddie Huang as his family moved from Washington DC to Orlando. It’s set in the 90s and concluded last year after six seasons. The cast is great, in particular Randall Park (WandaVision, Always Be My Maybe) and Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians) as young Eddie’s Taiwanese immigrant parents, each of whom has very different mileage on adjusting to life in the US. 

The Mindy Project

Six seasons (2012 – 2017)

This romantic comedy was Mindy Kaling’s post-The Office project – the story of self-absorbed, pop-culture obsessed, lovable OB/GYN Dr Mindy Lahiri (Kaling) and her search for love in Manhattan. After some cast changes in its first season, it really found its feet and settled into a sharp workplace comedy with a great ensemble. It survived a post-season three cancellation by FOX thanks to being picked up by Hulu for a further three seasons, and ended in 2017. US comedy fans can enjoy playing actor bingo too, thanks to appearances from many of Kaling’s The Office co-stars, including writer-producer B.J. Novak, Ellie Kemper, Ed Helms and more. 

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Four seasons (2015 – 2019)

Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna’s comedy-musical series is inventive, boundary-breaking and packed to the rafters with talent. Like a few of the shows in this list, it’s distinctly adult in theme and not a high school comedy but still shares the wit, high-key colour and bold approach to life’s harder moments as Never Have I Ever. It’s the story of high-flying NYC lawyer Rebecca Bunch, who gives up everything to move to a backwater Californian town to pursue her summer camp first love Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III). Rebecca’s love of musical theatre bleeds into the show, turning it into a mental health musical complete with funny, original, sharply written song-and-dance routines.  

Popular

Two seasons (1999 – 2001)

The debut series from super-producer Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Pose, Glee, Nip/Tuck) co-created by Gina Matthews, Popular is the story of Brooke and Sam, two high school sophomores from opposite ends of the popularity spectrum who are forced together when their single parents become a couple. It ran for two seasons on The WB before being cancelled, and has since attracted a cult following for Murphy’s characteristically sharp blend of comedy, romance and serious themes. It landed in the 90s, so yes, the teens are played by 25 year olds, the unpopular nerd (Carly Pope) has model good looks, it’s not exactly diverse (though there is LGBTQ representation) but it’s seminal in Never Have I Ever’s genre. 

Sex Education

Three seasons so far (2019 – )

Laurie Nunn’s charming British comedy-drama is a frank and funny look at sexual hang-ups and teen relationships. It has a great ensemble cast led by Otis (Asa Butterfield), a shy teen embarrassed by his sex therapist mother’s forthright attitude to all things physical. When Otis teams up with ‘bad girl’ Maeve to offer anonymised sex therapy to their schoolmates, he discovers that he’s not the only one with issues. It’s a bright and funny high school series with characters to invest in, a stand-out performance by Ncuti Gatwa as Eric, and oh, the sex therapist mother is played by Gillian Anderson. Season three arrives on Netflix this September.

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Freaks & Geeks

One season (1999 – 2000)

A must-see high school comedy. Paul Feig and Judd Apatow’s 1980s-set series is most discussed these days for the outstanding cast of unknowns gathered by Allison Jones (who went on to cast The Office, Parks and Recreation, The Good Place, Arrested Development, Veep and basically every US sitcom worth watching). The prematurely cancelled NBC series kick-started the careers of Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Busy Phillips, Linda Cardellini, James Franco and more. It’s the story of Cardellini’s Lindsay Weir, a maths star who crosses social boundaries from ‘geek’ to slacker ‘freak’ after the death of her grandmother. It’s brilliant, weird, funny and painful, and a total antidote to mainstream, slick, rich-kid Beverley Hills 90210 high school glamour, so of course, hardly anybody watched it, the network didn’t get it, and it was cancelled well before its time. 

The Wonder Years

Six seasons (1988 – 1993)

Husband and wife team Neal Marlens and Carol Black created a classic in The Wonder Years, a coming-of-age story about Kevin, the youngest son of a suburban American family, growing up against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the hippie movement. It’s fuelled by nostalgia and the sweet romantic yearnings of its young lead Kevin Arnold (played by Fred Savage, now a top comedy director-producer), but doesn’t gloss over life’s more serious moments. Never Have I Ever’s choice of John McEnroe as its wry adult narrator may well have been influenced by Daniel Stern’s role on The Wonder Years. It’s available to stream now on Hulu in the US.

Skins

7 seasons (2007 – 2013)

Not strictly a comedy, but with plenty of comedic moments, Skins has to be in the running for the best British teen show ever made. The first four seasons especially are filled with great writing, strong performances, and characters whose lives – and complicated love lives – are easy to invest in. It followed the students of a Bristol sixth form college through their A levels, giving it the chance to renew the cast every two years as the previous generation graduated/dropped out/ran away/were murdered. Like Freaks and Geeks, its cast of young actors, from Nicholas Hoult to Dev Patel, Joe Dempsie, Daniel Kaluuya, Jack O’Connell, Kaya Scodelario and more went on to very big things. Much more layered and satisfyingly weird than the reputation it was given by the British press as an orgy of sex, drugs and bad behaviour, it’s another must-watch. 

Daria

Five seasons (1997 – 2001)

Developed from a character created for Mike Judge’s animated MTV comedy Beavis & Butthead, Daria Morgendorffer is a cynical 16-year-old with a gimlet eyed take on suburban US life. She’s a 90s icon with a monotone voice (provided by Tracy Grandstaff) and a wry take on her schoolmates, parents, and cheerleader sister Quinn. Her witty, dry animated series aired for five seasons plus feature-length TV specials, and is soon to have a new spin-off coming to Comedy Central, focused on Daria’s classmate Jodie’s travails in the modern workplace.

My So-Called Life

One season (1994 – 1995)

When My So-Called Life aired its only season on ABC in 1994, it was the anti-teen TV show. Muted and realist rather than upbeat and aspirational, it cast actual teenagers, not models, and ventured into areas avoided by many other teen dramas of the time: alcoholism, sex, domestic abuse… Its first-person narration from Claire Danes’ lead character gave it a distinctive voice, and influenced many shows to follow. It’s worth saying that My So-Called Life is a drama, not a comedy, and paints teenage life with a totally different colour palette to bright, satirical Never Have I Ever. Acknowledging that, it’s a cult favourite, and possible to trace a line from Devi’s love triangle with nerdy academic Ben and hot, popular Paxton, and MSCL’s Angela Chase’s love triangle with nerdy academic Brian and hot, popular Jordan (would that line continue all the way back to Pretty in Pink? Probably). 

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