TV Show TV-14 Alice Oseman Reviewed by Anonymous The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 3 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 0 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 5 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes **CW sexual assault** **This review contains spoilers** Heartstopper is a tv show based on a webcomic written by Alice Oseman. It mainlyContinue reading “Heartstopper”
Category Archives: Children
Extreme Ghostbusters
TV Show Rated PG Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 5 Body Size Representation: 5 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 2 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 3 Own Voice: No Extreme Ghostbusters is the sequel spinoff to The Real Ghostbusters focused on a new generation of Ghostbusters-in-training after the original team disbanded. TheContinue reading “Extreme Ghostbusters”
Unlikely Exploits Series
Book Series By Philip Ardagh Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 2 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 5 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 5 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 1 Own Voice: No The Unlikely Exploits Trilogy tells the surreal, morbid and at times strangely beautiful story of the quirky and determined McNally children whoseContinue reading “Unlikely Exploits Series”
The Owl House
TV Show TV-Y7 Created by Dana Terrace Reviewed by Alex Kolodney The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 4.5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 4 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 3 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: The creator is bisexual, like the main character, but is a white woman, while the main character is Afro-Latina *Note:Continue reading “The Owl House”
The Bagthorpe Saga
Book By Helen Cresswell Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 0 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 0 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes The Bagthorpe saga tells the purple prose-ridden, hysterical tale of the chaotic and terrible Bagthorpes, a deeply dysfunctional and quirky clan whose everyContinue reading “The Bagthorpe Saga”
The Pure Dead Saga
Book Ages 9-12 By Debi Gliori Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 0 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 5 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 5 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: yes-the author has written about her own depression The Pure Dead Saga takes place in Stregia-Schloss the home of the quirky Stregia-BorgiasContinue reading “The Pure Dead Saga”
Over the Moon
Movie Rated PG By Glen Keane, John Kahrs Reviewed by Lyla The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 1 Disability Representation: 1 Body Size Representation: 2 Gender Representation: 4 Socioeconomic Representation: 1 Mental Health Representation: 1 Religious Representation: 1 Own Voice: No As a Chinese American, I really related to this story. The Chinese customs and stories were very authentic. TheContinue reading “Over the Moon”
OCDaniel
Book By Wesley King Reviewed by Anonymous The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 4 LGBTQ+ Representation: 2 Disability Representation: 4 Body Size Representation: 2 Gender Representation: 4 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 5 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes Wesley King writes about a boy named Daniel who struggles in silence with his mental health. King says it is almost autobiographicalContinue reading “OCDaniel”
Coco
Movie PG Directed by Lee Unkrich Produced by Darla K. Anderson Written by Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich Reviewed by Sarah Erani The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 1.2 Body Size Representation: 1 Gender Representation: 2 Socioeconomic Representation: 4 Mental Health Representation: 2 Religious Representation: 1 Own Voice: Yes The movie is about a Mexican family. There’sContinue reading “Coco”
Black Panther
Movie PG-13 Written by Joe Robert Cole Directed by Ryan Coogler Reviewed by Sarah Erani The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 1 Gender Representation: 3 Socioeconomic Representation: 2 Mental Health Representation: 1 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes It’s about the royal family of an African country, so all but two of theContinue reading “Black Panther”
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