Anonymous
Post 04/16/2021 22:05     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
I don’t think I watched the same show. I did not get gay vibes from the Asian boyfriend at all. He just seemed normal while everyone around him was a complete mess.

Anonymous
Post 04/16/2021 21:43     Subject: Re:ginny and georgia on netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only thing bothering me is the Asian boyfriend (forget his name).

1. he looks 30+
2. he gives off a gay vibe - nothing wrong with that, but he's not for Ginny.
3. they have no chemistry. It makes me uncomfortable in the forced kiss scenes.


I agree that they had no chemistry. I couldn't understand why he was considered cool when he was so corny. The tap dancing bit was mortifying.
But Ginny and Marcus were fire. They looked like teen love. They looked at each other the way I felt at that age with my first love - and trust me, I can remember!


They were supposed to have no chemistry.

I thought the show was very realistic in terms of teens. I taught HS recently.

Anonymous
Post 03/19/2021 20:59     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
I love those fteajsc
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2021 16:49     Subject: Re:ginny and georgia on netflix
Anonymous wrote:The only thing bothering me is the Asian boyfriend (forget his name).

1. he looks 30+
2. he gives off a gay vibe - nothing wrong with that, but he's not for Ginny.
3. they have no chemistry. It makes me uncomfortable in the forced kiss scenes.


I agree that they had no chemistry. I couldn't understand why he was considered cool when he was so corny. The tap dancing bit was mortifying.
But Ginny and Marcus were fire. They looked like teen love. They looked at each other the way I felt at that age with my first love - and trust me, I can remember!
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2021 12:16     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
I just posted in the Moxie thread saying I mixed up the plots while watching both the movie and this series. I can't believe netflix only rated this 14 - some of there R/18 stuff is much much kid friendlier than this.

I'm on the fence about letting dd14 watch, there's a lot going on and general character themes that I really didn't like. Though some of it is important and unfortunately accurate.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2021 15:54     Subject: Re:ginny and georgia on netflix
“Indifference is the best revenge”


Best line from the series.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2021 15:47     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It is rated TV 14, but I think it is for older than that based on the content.

I'd say minimum 16. The sex talk is explicit.


At 13, I had a row of scars up my arms from cutting, plus a few burns from Bic lighters .
At 14, I was on Lithium and in outpatient treatment for self harm.
At 15, I was on birth control and having sex with my high school boyfriend.
At 16, I was smoking weed with my brother on the way to school and getting blackout drunk on the weekends.
At 17, I moved on to Adderall.
At 18, I was doing coke.
At 21, I graduated from a state school.
At 25, I graduated with my MS from a different state school.
At 30, I was a director in a global corporation.

The content is far more realistic than what most adults want to acknowledge, and it may surprise you what "successful adults" did as teenagers.

Do you really think what you did was typical of a teenager?


NP but yes. I was a relatively tame kid but my younger sister and her friends were doing coke, shrooms, drinking, smoking weed and having sex from ~15-16 onwards. This was a wealthy UMC school and they all went on to go to decent colleges. Of her friend group from that time there are a bunch of lawyers, PhDs, a couple physicians, a high school psychologist, a fairly successful actress, a few in consulting and finance, and all of them are well-adjusted and self sufficient adults. When our brother was doing his degree in finance at a top school the cocaine use was out of control among his crew. They are all successful.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2021 15:05     Subject: Re:ginny and georgia on netflix
Spoiler!



So where were Ginny and Austin going at the end?


And why would Georgia ever get involved with a politician knowing the scrutiny she’d be under?
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2021 09:30     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It is campy and silly and over the top, but it deals with some very subtle race issues. I'm not exactly biracial but am light skinned black. The scene where she's doing makeup with her friends but they don't have the right color for her was exactly the type of thing that happened to me. Also the scene at the sleepover when the chaperone messed up her hair as well as fielding the 'what are you' questions. My 43 year old ass really appreciates this kind of representation on TV. My kids are not yet teens but I'm kind of studying this to prepare for that phase


The thing is I’m a 42 year old female of South Asian descent and we have had the same issues. From make-up, to being called ‘exotic’, to people wanting to touch my long, black hair, to feeling like a total outsider in a black and white world.

Yet, while they try to make the show seem diverse by casting different race groups, they make it out to look like all the other races don’t get discriminated or stereotyped as if they all fit in seamlessly in Black/White America.



I do agree with this, I think they touched on it somewhat because Ginny and Hunter (that is his name right) got into a big argument. He pointed out that she isn't the only one who experiences racism.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2021 08:54     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
Anonymous wrote:It is campy and silly and over the top, but it deals with some very subtle race issues. I'm not exactly biracial but am light skinned black. The scene where she's doing makeup with her friends but they don't have the right color for her was exactly the type of thing that happened to me. Also the scene at the sleepover when the chaperone messed up her hair as well as fielding the 'what are you' questions. My 43 year old ass really appreciates this kind of representation on TV. My kids are not yet teens but I'm kind of studying this to prepare for that phase


The thing is I’m a 42 year old female of South Asian descent and we have had the same issues. From make-up, to being called ‘exotic’, to people wanting to touch my long, black hair, to feeling like a total outsider in a black and white world.

Yet, while they try to make the show seem diverse by casting different race groups, they make it out to look like all the other races don’t get discriminated or stereotyped as if they all fit in seamlessly in Black/White America.

Anonymous
Post 03/10/2021 08:11     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
It is campy and silly and over the top, but it deals with some very subtle race issues. I'm not exactly biracial but am light skinned black. The scene where she's doing makeup with her friends but they don't have the right color for her was exactly the type of thing that happened to me. Also the scene at the sleepover when the chaperone messed up her hair as well as fielding the 'what are you' questions. My 43 year old ass really appreciates this kind of representation on TV. My kids are not yet teens but I'm kind of studying this to prepare for that phase
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2021 01:38     Subject: Re:ginny and georgia on netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only thing bothering me is the Asian boyfriend (forget his name).

1. he looks 30+
2. he gives off a gay vibe - nothing wrong with that, but he's not for Ginny.
3. they have no chemistry. It makes me uncomfortable in the forced kiss scenes.


Especially #3.


The lack of chemistry is intentional. Ginny's true love is Marcus because he's messed up like she is. They get each other. Hunter is perfect on paper but he's not her penguin. But did anyone think this show is so problematic on the way out handles race? Not just Ginny but also Hunter.


Unless he turns out gay, then it’s a bad casting, IMO.


Especially after tap dancing in the hallway.


Yeah he gives off super gay vibes. Bad casting.


Worse than bad casting.

It was racist and stereotyping the Asian male as not masculine and more feminine.

This is classic racist portrayal of Asian men in American media and for a show that’s trying to be so ‘woke’ it reeks of hypocrisy.


+1 this show is so problematic with race and at the same time pandering to being anti-racist through representation. For the PP who has no idea what we're taking about and has internalized racism of Asian american men and sexuality, read this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnn.com/style/amp/andrew-kung-asian-american-men/index.html

+2

The way it deals with race really ruins the show. Also they should really watch insecure and take notes on how to portray a masculine, sexy Asian male character...Molly’s bf was so yummy.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2021 01:30     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
Anonymous wrote:Georgia’s eye brows are driving me crazy !!

She kinda reminds me of Pieper Perabo.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2021 01:29     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
Zion is a mf SNACK!
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2021 17:46     Subject: ginny and georgia on netflix
Anonymous wrote:Georgia’s eye brows are driving me crazy !!


She’s a sexy firecracker though