When in Netflix announced the ending of the brilliant science fiction series “Sense 8”, not only my eyes started to get wet for the loss of those amazing characters; my heart cried too. An enormous sadness filled my body after realizing that one of the most representative gems on the little screen was going to stop sharing its incredible stories of a trans woman hacktivist, a Mexican closed actor and a black lesbian.
It’s not a myth that a good representation could actually make the world goes better. How many women had the courage to face their feelings for the same sex after the premiere of the “L Word”? How many teens felt that everyone has a place in the world thanks to the plural-awarded musical TV show written by Ryan Murphy?
Loosing “Sense 8” hurts like a punch in the stomach. However it seems like a new amazing couple has arrived to save us from our sadness and finally gave the power and recognition to new voices.
“The Bold Type” is the name of the show that has all the possibilities to stay in the heart of the LGBT community and not only. It premiered only three weeks ago and, except for its fresh positive feminist atmosphere; it has already conquered a million of viewers for a potential innovative young lesbian couple.
Kat, played by the twenty-three years old Aisha Dee, is working as social media director the of the fashion magazine “Scarlet”. Her perfect curly brown hair gives away her bubby and brave personality after the first five minutes of the show, when she starts fighting for the publication of an article about Adena El-Amin (Nikohl Boosheri), an East Asian lesbian photographer. Their worlds couldn’t seem more opposite and far from each other. Kat believes she’s “totally hetero” meanwhile Adena states her twitter bio is ““proud Muslim lesbian”, but as we know you will always end up having an exciting and deep connection with the person you least expected to.
Their last scene of the pilot starts with them playing with vibrators on the floor and ends with Kat asking the photographer why she was wearing the hijab. A conversation that surely we are not used to watch on our screen but would make so many women out there feeling visible.
Maybe it’s too soon to say but I bet watching these two exploring their feelings for each other is definitely a good excuse to spend some time Bing-watching this new summer series, so what are you waiting for?
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