Tessa Ía Talks ‘De Brutas, Nada’ and Bringing Latinx Culture to a New Audience

De Brutas, Nada, which roughly translates to Not At All Dumb, is the show to watch during quarantine. Or, maybe just the show to watch now, in general. The series, which is a little Sex and the City, a little…

6 Reasons Why You Should Watch Broad City: Mental Health Edition

Comedy Central’s Broad City captured the hearts of viewers during its five seasons with its quirky humor, upbeat atmosphere, and amazing dialogues. But those were not the only reasons. Its take on mental health issues combines sensitivity, openness and a…

‘Sister Sister’ And More Classic Black Sitcoms Headed To Netflix

My 90s/2000s teen heart is feeling soooo full right now.  Some of my favorite classic black sitcoms are headed to Netflix US.  The Strong Black Lead Netflix account on Twitter, made the announcement in a special way by having some…

Roundtable: The Best and Worst Fanfiction We’ve Read

Fanfiction has never been more visible. In the last few years, it’s gone from a fringe hobby that few people would admit to engaging with to something almost everyone is at least vaguely aware of. Unfortunately, with that visibility comes…

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Lyne Renee from ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ Talks Women and General Alder

Motherland: Fort Salem is chock-ful of badass and noteworthy women who are challenging what it means to be a woman on TV. One of those characters is General Alder, played by Lyne Renee. This tough as nails and kind actress…

I Will Go Down with This Ship: Ben x Leslie Edition from ‘Parks and Recreation’

Ships. In entertainment, and especially, in fandom, we live and die by them. Which is why every Friday, we’ll be focusing on a couple, analyzing why we ship them, and overall, just proclaiming our eternal love for those couples that…

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Extraction’s Golshifteh Farahani Talks Women, Guns, and Being a Badass

Just because you’re a woman in an action film doesn’t mean you have to automatically fall into the Bond girl/love interest category. Sometimes the badass is the woman. Sometimes the one that has your back and comes in, bullets flying…

Queerly Not Straight: Why Harley Quinn Being Bisexual Matters

In an effort to build a space for queer people like myself, every Tuesday I’ll be posting opinion pieces, listicals, reviews, and more focused on the LGBT community (and occasionally about the Latinx/WOC community since I am Latinx.) Welcome to…

‘The Batman’ Movie Casting Updates And Why We’re Excited

The Batman keeps getting more and more interesting. Matt Reeves ‘The Batman’ has found its Catwoman, Commissioner Gordon, and The Riddler.  We here at Fangirlish have been closely following the casting.  Here are the latest cast members heading to Gotham City.…

‘Bluff City Law’ 1×02 Review: “You Don’t Need a Weatherman”

Bluff City Law’s “You Don’t Need a Weatherman” proved once more that the heart of this show isn’t the cases that they handle day in and day out. It’s the people, the family that many of them are and soon…

‘Grand Hotel’ 1×05 Review: Twisty twist twist

It’s not hard to explain why Grand Hotel is the perfect summer show, though honestly, to call it a “summer show” would be to imply that one is only allowed to have light, fun and diverse TV in shows that…

A Superhero and a Superwoman: 5 Reasons Why We Love Pepper Potts

With Spider-Man: Far from Home premiering this week, we thought that now would be a great time to look back at one of our favorite characters from the MCU that just so happens to have a special connection to Peter…

The ABCS Of Understanding and Reaching Fandom

Fandom is a complicated beast, but we love it. Want to understand how to reach fandom? We break it down for you.

The Bold Type and the Problem With White Feminism

Over the course of the last two seasons, Freeform’s The Bold Type has established itself as a glamorous feel-good television show, centered around the lives of three millennial women. The workplace dramedy, set mostly in the offices of the women’s…

‘Legends of Tomorrow’ 4×12 Review: “The Eggplant, The Witch and The Wardrobe”

Ava and Sara’s relationship goes through their biggest test – Purgatory- as the Legends deal with Neron in “The Eggplant, The Witch and The Wardrobe.”For the last few episodes of Legends of Tomorrow, Ava has been MIA with no explanation…

‘Roswell, New Mexico’ 1×12 Review: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of “Creep”

Roswell, New Mexico’s “Creep” saw Isobel confronting her abuser, Michael meeting his mother for the first and last time, and the first signs of the cracks forming between our favorite aliens minus Noah the traitor. What he did was a…

‘Legends of Tomorrow’ 4×11 Review: ‘Seance and Sensibility’

Love and friendship are two of the strongest emotions in the universe. Through the years we have seen the Legends all engaged in these emotions, in one way or another. Sometimes it ends well, and other times it ends badly.…

‘Arrow’ 7×16 Review: ‘Star City 2040’

When Arrow delivers episodes that manage tell compelling stories that thrill and excite and provide hope for stability on this show, episodes like “Star City 2040,” my instant reaction is to embrace it. But then logic kicks in, and I’m…

'Cloak & Dagger' Season 2 Trailer Tackles Fine Line Between Right and Wrong

What if the choice between right and wrong is not black and white? That’s the question that our heroes Tyrone and Tandy face in the trailer for season 2 of Freeform’s hit Cloak & Dagger. In the official trailer for the anticipated sophomore…

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ 6×03 Review: The Tattler, Getting Kinky, and Bisexual Woes

Brooklyn Nine-Nine just lost a star, an icon, an inspiration, to bigger and greater things in “The Tattler.” Gina Linetti, the rascal of the Nine-Nine is saying goodbye for now as the actress moves on in a different direction in…

From One Latinx Bisexual to Another, Thank You Rosa Diaz

Being a queer woman of color, made the cancellation of Brooklyn Nine-Nine all those months ago, hurt even more than I expected. Rosa Diaz, this badass, out of the box, and real representation of what it was to be Latina,…