About a week ago, I finished the series I was watching on Netflix and I was trying to decide on a new show to start watching. I wanted a sitcom type show, 30 minutes max, something I can watch mindlessly. I was scrolling through the shows but couldn’t find anything so I Googled shows to watch. Broad City caught my eye. I’d seen articles about it, pictures and gifs posted online, a few promos for it—I figured I would give it a try. It’s not on Netflix but luckily it turns out it’s on Crave TV, so I signed up for a month trial and planned to binge watch Broad City all over the next month. I finished both seasons in four days. Obviously, the episodes are only 22 minutes, but still, four days was a little faster than I expected.
Broad City is a fantastic show. In 2017, this is the kind of feminist rhetoric we should be seeing on TV. The show, whose fourth season debuts in August 2017, is about two girls, Ilana Wexler and Abbi Abrams, named after the creators/executive producers of the show, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. The real Ilana and Abbi also play their characters in the show. The reason it’s so good is because these girls completely own who they are and they accept each other. They have the kind of female friendship every twenty-something-woman should have. Ilana and Abbi deal with issues like not succeeding in their jobs, being rejected, and of course, sex and boys. They are such relatable characters because they are actually based on real people and real experiences. Every college woman can probably picture someone who is their “Ilana” or “Abbi.”
These two women support each other wholeheartedly and inspire others to do the same in their female friendships. I believe every woman needs at least one friend that they can be their real self with. I’m lucky to have my very own Ilana and Abbi friendship, but I’m also lucky to be surrounded by woman who inspire me the way that the two lead women in this show do. Also, the fact that this show even stars two females under the age of 30 with very few male co-stars is a miracle in itself.
Honestly, I think every college-age or twenty-something-female [and male] should check out this show. At the very least, watch the first few episodes to give it a try, and you’ll be hooked!
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