For Fun
TV Shows
- Never Have I Ever (Netflix; themes: family dynamic, sexuality)
- Shrill (Hulu; themes: feminism)
- Pose (Netflix; themes: LGBTQ+, gender diversity, BiPOC communities)
- Special (Netflix; themes: disabilities, LGBTQ+)
- Glee (Netflix; themes: LGBTQ+, identity formation)
- Freaks and Geeks (Netflix; themes: substance use)
- 13 Reasons Why (Netflix; themes: suicide, mental health, LGBTQ+)
- TransGeneration (Amazon; themes: transgender, college, LGBTQ+)
- Sex Education (Netflix; themes: sexuality, family dynamics, LGBTQ+)
- Love, Victor (Hulu; themes: high school, sexuality)
- Genera+ion (HBO; themes: identity formation, LGBTQ+)
- Euphoria (HBO); themes: substance use, LGBTQ+)
- Please Like Me (Hulu; themes: depression, suicide, LGBTQ+, family dynamics)
Movies
Comedy:
- Booksmart (Netflix; themes: high school, graduation, feminism)
- Big Time Adolescence (Hulu; themes: high school, substance use)
- Mean Girls (Netflix; themes: high school, cliques, rumors)
- Juno (Hulu; themes: teen pregnancy)
- Let It Snow (Hulu; themes: LGBTQ+, holiday)
- Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (Netflix; themes: mental illness, feminism, LGBTQ+)
- Alex Strangelove (Netflix; themes: LGBTQ+, bisexuality)
- The Fundamentals of Caring (Netflix; themes: disabilities, mental health, grief)
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Comedy-Drama:
- Lady Bird (Netflix; themes: identify formation, family dynamics)
- 8th Grade (Hulu, Amazon; themes: middle school, social media)
- Breakfast Club (Amazon, Hulu; themes: stereotypes, sexuality, mental health)
- Love, Simon (Hulu; themes: LGBTQ+, coming out, high school friendship, social media)
- Nimona (Netflix; themes: LGBTQ+)
- Heartbreak (Netflix; themes: high school, LGBTQ+)
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Drama:
- Moonlight (Netflix; themes: BiPOC communities, LGBTQ+, substance use)
- Akeelah and the Bee (Peacock, Amazon; themes: stereotypes, BiPOC communities, trauma, academic pressures)
- Boys Don't Cry (Disney+, Amazon; themes: transgender, violence)
- Gridiron Gang (Netflix, Hulu; themes: sports, juvenile detention, gangs)
- Kids (Amazon; themes: substance use, sexuality)
- The Laramie Project (Amazon, Hulu; themes: LGBTQ+, violence)
- Just Charlie (Hulu; themes: transgender)
- To the Bone (Netflix; themes: eating disorders)
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Documentary:
- Ask A Grown Person
- The Lost Children of Rockdale County
- One Day At A Time
- How To Survive A Plague
- Changing the Game (Hulu; themes: transgender sports)
- Disclosure (Netflix; themes: transgender, media)
Books
- Who Put This Song On
- My Heartbeat
- The Hate U Give
- Being Emily
- Beautiful Music for Ugly People
- This is the Way It Always Is
- Becoming Nicole
- Requiem for a Dream
- The End of June (nonfiction, foster care, juvenile justice)
Podcast
The Happy Doc: The Journey To Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, And Doing Meaningful Work With Dr. Hina Talib