Nobody convinces me that 2018 isn’t the best year for representation. So far, we’ve gotten;
- Black Panther, a black superhero film
- A Wrinkle In Time
- Love Simon, a gay rom-com
- Crazy Rich Asians, a rom-com with dominant Asian cast
- A Quiet Place, a horror film with deaf representation
- Hayley Kiyoko’s debut album “Expectations” a.k.a a gift from Lesbian Jesus
- Janelle Monae’s “Make Me Feel”, “Django Jane” and “PYNK” (“Dirty Computer” whole album once it’s already fully released), celebrating bisexuality and black womanhood
- Asian descent people winning, medalling at and making history at the Olympics (Yuzuru Hanyu, Nathan Chen, Mirai Nagasu, Chloe Kim, Shibs etc.)
- Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy during the Olympics
So many that I can’t keep track of it. You guys can help me add more stuffs.
- Beyonce at Coachella
- Brooklyn 99′s Rosa Diaz, a bisexual Latina played by a bisexual Latina
- Second season of One Day at a Time and a third commissioned
- Later this year Doctor Who will return with its first female Doctor and first Indian Companion (and third black full-time Companion), plus first ever black director
- An interracial May-December relationship between two women on The Last Man on Earth
- Victoria Mahoney became assistant director on Star Wars IX, the franchise’s first ever black woman to have a directing title
- Into the Spider-Verse, featuring Miles Morales as Spider-Man, is set for release in December
- The Silent Child, a (pretty harrowing) short film about a deaf child neglected by her family, won an Oscar
- Pacific Rim: Uprising with John Boyega playing the main character
- Black Lightening premiered
- Ava DuVernay confirmed to direct a New Gods film for DC