It’s hard to seem woke when the only six TV shows you’ve watched in full are about white people living together in New York. And it’s easy to feel like your tastes are super antiquated when Mike takes you to drinks and you have no fucking clue who Ava DuVernay is. Have no fear, Hannah Horvath! Here are five shows you can pretend you’ve binge-watched on Netflix to convince Mike that you, too, really think Bernie should have won the primary.
Glee
Glee has tackled a variety of issues that no family-targeted TV show has before: coming out, racial diversity and inclusion, living with a disability, teen pregnancy, getting molested by your choir teacher, and selling pot brownies at a bake sale. It’s practically Disney Channel for Gloria Steinem’s grandkids.
3%
3% is a Netflix original that no one’s ever heard of before, so you can totally just tell Mike whatever you want about it and I’m sure he’ll believe you.
Cosmos
Everyone watches Cosmos but no one knows what it means, and it’ll give you brownie points in the intelligence arena. So just use it as a transitional topic into your discussion of Trump’s environmental policies while you sip your Mint Juleps.
Portlandia
Telling Mike you watch Portlandia is like saying, “I’m hip and woke but I also know how to laugh at myself.” Plus, it’s a sketch-based show, so you can make up a sketch and easily pretend it’s from an obscure episode in a season you “forgot.” It’s also so easy for Mike to get episodes confused with what really happened that summer he spent working on a granola farm in Portland that he won’t know the difference, anyway.
The OA
Do you know what’s as good as Stranger Things but only received half the recognition? The OA. (Just say that to Mike, exactly like that.)
And remember: tell him you’re a Rachel, not a Monica. Have a great date!!!!
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