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Sex/Life (2021)
Speaks to a lot of issues women experience in marriage and the acting is good but...
When Cooper says lying stops now that should have meant "let's be honest about how we feel about other people and explore having an open relationship or polyamory because we do love each other too and want to raise our kids and give them a stable home and an example of a loving couple whose needs are fulfilled perhaps in nontraditional ways" instead of just having him end up tracking your movements as you rush off to be with the the guy who gives you "the best sex of your life" on the down low. That would actually be empowering. And yes Billie is the last person to give marriage advice. Marriage is a legal contract so think of that first. Then consider it doesn't necessarily need to last forever. If it eventually ends in divorce it doesn't mean you didn't have some great years together and should only enter into it if you think you have to be till death do you part or your a failure. You're not. Acting is pretty good though and issues explored are worth considering in the modern day.
The Walking Dead: Secrets (2011)
Writers everywhere please bring in female consults on women's bodies and pregnancy
Very possibly the actresses on the show didn't feel free to weigh in on this, but it's been over 11 years since this episode was written and only recently are people becoming aware of just how ignorant many have been and are about how women's bodies work and the impact pregnancy and childbirth can have, often negative, on the physical, mental, emotional, and financial health of not just the woman involved but that of her family and current children, male or female. With politicians all too eager to exploit that ignorance, especially depending on which state in America you are from and its likely lack of proper sex education. If you are from one of those states, check out Teen Vogue for good, accurate advice and facts. This ignorance is also clearly reflected in male-dominated writing on not just this show but others. And we are all literally and figuratively poorer for that ignorance with reproductive rights, among other rights impacting all genders, on the ropes because of it. And that's non-apocalyptical times. Pre-walkers, childbirth was (and still is) a leading cause of death in America, disproportionately impacting Black women and other POC . Women the world over often bleed out because, even though their bodies can make a baby, they are too young to live through child birth. With pregnant women having higher rates of being victims of homicide as well. And yet no scene was written to discuss the very real cons and risks to not just the woman but her family, of continuing with a pregnancy during a freakin' zombie apocalypse where there will be little to no access to basic OBGyn care or diagnostic tools to discover pregnancy-related conditions such as pre-eclampsia (if you don't know what that is you should), or ways to treat pregnancy-related conditions, easy blood transfusions, safe C-sections, or how medically-induce abortions actually work. Or the implications of what could happen should a wife and mother die in child birth and the potential fate of those she left behind because she couldn't be there to parent and be with her family - including having to make life-risking runs for expired formula (yes, it expires). The scene we are given is maddening and immoral, whittled down to "every pregnancy is a blessing" Nope. And a reminder: pregnancy test results do not come back within seconds but if you need one don't waste your money at the drug store since the dollar store ones have to be just as accurate by law in the USA anyway.