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Judy Blume's Forever gets a TV series, and what's with all the Bella Ramsey hate?
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‘Forever’ is a new Netflix tv series that reimagines Judy Blume’s controversial YA book of the same name, through the lens of the contemporary Black teen experience. Guest host Radheyan Simonpillai is joined by culture critics Kathleen Newman-Bremang and David Dennis Jr. to discuss the new series and its approach to the teen drama genre. Plus, with the second season of HBO’s hit zombie drama ‘The Last of Us’ winding down this week, culture reporter Kat Tenbarge explains how the story developments of this season further intensified the online hate campaign against its star Bella Ramsey.
729 episodes
Manage episode 485469072 series 2790199
‘Forever’ is a new Netflix tv series that reimagines Judy Blume’s controversial YA book of the same name, through the lens of the contemporary Black teen experience. Guest host Radheyan Simonpillai is joined by culture critics Kathleen Newman-Bremang and David Dennis Jr. to discuss the new series and its approach to the teen drama genre. Plus, with the second season of HBO’s hit zombie drama ‘The Last of Us’ winding down this week, culture reporter Kat Tenbarge explains how the story developments of this season further intensified the online hate campaign against its star Bella Ramsey.
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