Screaming Into The Void

Support this show. It's so good, and we don't get representation of female-specific trauma and abuse like this!

Emmy Rossum was also the victim of a smear campaign after heavy sexualization on Shameless and leaving after citing unequal pay between her and her male costar William H Macy. So this is her comeback role, and she's a phenomenal actress!

It has major Killing Eve and Gone Girl vibes. The killer who avenged both herself and other female victims against the Epstein class of male predators and traffickers is bisexual, and there are major overt and tongue-in-cheek criticisms of sexual objectification, prostitution, etc. Thr first 20 minutes or so set you up to think you're watching a classic procedural, but then they pull the rug from underneath you.

It's also a women-led cast, and the creator is a woman, with woman writers and directors! Same woman responsible for New Girl and The Dropout, Elizabeth Meriwether.

And the female characters are victims, but they're strong and dangerous in their own right. There's heavy emphasis on institutional corruption and the male characters who abuse are not made to be sympathetic.

Oh. And the show does not linger on female characters being sexually assaulted/traumatized. None of the grotesque sexualization of female abuse women have been critiquing for decades in film is shown.

As someone who can’t watch SVU anymore bc of personal connections to that type of situation

I’ve honestly found alot of comfort in the portrayal of all of these women

They each had/have horrible things happen and sure they don’t cope in the healthiest of ways

But the reality of picking your self up and trying to make it to the next day isn’t rational or structured

Sometimes it’s just about doing what you have to just to make it through the day and trying to replicate that for as long as you are able to

And seeing that representation makes me feel a little less alone♥️

Anyway all that to say WATCH FURIOUS!