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Looking for TVUpdate: TV shows about/for women
Posted April 1, 2021 by Radical_beans [speaking as mod] in Television

There have been a few threads on this topic, so we've put together a central thread.

Make suggestions here for TV shows or documentaries that centre women: women as main characters, women's stories/experiences, women's history docs etc. Or just shows that don't have men as the central focal point. If you can note the genre too that would also help.

Here's a compiled list from the existing threads so far with the show, genre and where to find it. If some of these are wrong let us know! It will be updated periodically. Anything included in the list is not an endorsement from Ovarit, Admins or Mods:

Show Genre Channel/Platform (Buy or Stream)
A Black Lady Sketch Show Comedy Now TV; HBO
A Secret Love Documentary Netflix
Anne with an E Drama Netflix
Athlete A [sensitive content] Documentary Netflix
Audrie & Daisy [sensitive content] Documentary Netflix
Batwoman Action; Adventure HBO; Amazon; Apple TV
Big Little Lies Crime; Drama; Mystery HBO
Bomb Girls Drama; War Not available?
Broad City Comedy Comedy Central; Hulu; NowTV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Action; Drama; Fantasy Disney Plus; Prime; Hulu
Bunheads Comedy; Drama Hulu
Call the Midwife Drama; History BBC; Netflix
Can You Hear Me? Comedy; Drama Netflix
Charmed Drama; Fantasy; Mystery Peacock; Amazon; Apple TV
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Comedy; Musical Netflix
Dead to Me Comedy; Drama Netflix
Derry Girls Comedy Channel 4 (UK); Netflix
Dickinson Biography; Comedy; Drama Apple TV
Dietland Comedy; Drama Hulu; Prime
Faking It Comedy; Drama; Romance Apple TV; Prime
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? Documentary Netflix
Fleabag Comedy; Drama BBC; Amazon Prime
Gentleman Jack Drama; History BBC; HBO
Girls Drama; Comedy HBO; NowTV
Glow Comedy; Drama Netflix
Good Girls Comedy; Crime; Drama Netflix; Hulu; NBC
Good Girls Revolt Drama Prime
Grace & Frankie Comedy Netflix
Hanna Action; Drama; Romnance Prime
Harley Quinn Comedy; Action; Animation HBO; Amazon; Apple TV
His Dark Materials Drama; Fantasy; Science-Fiction HBO; BBC iPlayer; Apple TV
Home Before Dark Drama; Mystery/Thriller; Crime Apple TV
Home Fires Drama; War Prime; BritBox; Apple TV
I am Not Okay with This Comedy; Sci-Fi Netflix
Insecure Comedy; Romance HBO
Jane the Virgin Drama; Comedy Netflix
Jessica Jones Action; Science-Fiction; Crime; Mystery/Thriller Netflix
Killing Eve Action; Adventure; Drama [also comedic] BBC; Hulu
Legend of Korra Action; Fantasy; Animation Netflix; Prime
Little Fires Everywhere Drama Prime
Marvel's Agent Carter Action; Adventure Disney Plus
Most Beautiful Things / Girls from Ipanema Drama; Romance Netflix
One Day at a Time Comedy Netflix
Orange Is The New Black Comedy; Drama; Crime Netflix
Orphan Black Drama; Action; Science-Fiction Prime
Pen15 Comedy NowTV; Hulu; Stan
Period. End of Sentence. Documentary Netflix
Reversing Roe Documentary Netflix
Russian Doll Drama; Comedy Netflix
Sharp Objects Drama; Crime; Mystery/thriller HBO; Amazon; Apple TV
She-Ra Action; Science-Fiction; Fantasy; Animation Netflix
South Of Nowhere Drama; Romance Apple TV
Stargirl Action; Science-Fiction; Fantasy; Drama Prime; HBO; Binge
Supergirl Action; Drama; Science-Fiction Netflix
Teenage Bounty Hunters Action; Comedy; Crime Netflix
The Affair Drama Prime; NowTV; Stan
The Bletchley Circle Drama; Mystery/Thriller; Crime Amazon; Stan; Prime
The Great Drama; Comedy; History Hulu; Channel 4(UK)
The Handmaid's Tale Dystopian; Mystery; Thriller Hulu; Prime; Channel 4 (UK)
The Killing Drama; Mystery/Thriller; Crime Hulu; Disney Plus
The Queen's Gambit Drama Netflix
The Wilds Drama Prime
Trinkets Comedy; Crime; Drama Netflix
Tuca & Bertie Animation; Comedy Netflix
Two Weeks To Live Action; Drama; Comedy; Crime HBO; NowTV
Unbelievable Drama; Crime Netflix; SkyGo; ITV (UK)
Unbreakable Kimmy Shmidt Comedy; Drama Netflix
Undone Animation; Drama; Fantasy Prime
Unorthodox Drama; based on true story Netflix
Work in Progress Drama; Comedy; Romance NowTV; Stan; Prime
Wynonna Earp Action; Science-Fiction; Western Netflix; Stan
Xena: Warrior Princess Action; Fantasy; Drama; Comedy 9Now; Roku; Apple TV
Z: The Beginning of Everything Drama Prime

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IworshipKalikadeviJanuary 11, 2024

You aren't being a prude and this behavior shouldn't be acceptable. In college it was like torture for me being the only woman in my major. It was constant sa jokes and shit. Covid ironically helped me out since we became online only but I really feel for you in this situation.

If you can't complain I would suggest planning your exit strategy ASAP. It will be better sister. In my current workplace it's not like this, it's very professional and I am in a conservative country as well.

Much love and hugs.

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Good for you, you've got a good workplace.

OwnLyingEyesJanuary 10, 2024

In the US in the workplace, I believe this actually meets the legal threshold for sexual harassment, as something that creates a hostile work environment for women. You're not being a prude, they're being unprofessional pigs.

GenXerJanuary 10, 2024

I learned the hard way that reporting it in a male dominated profession results in being blacklisted under the table.

OwnLyingEyesJanuary 10, 2024

Absolutely. Just because it's officially not permitted doesn't mean much in real life workplaces, like every other thing men do to women to drive us out or put us in our place.

legopantsJanuary 10, 2024

I work in a male dominated profession. My mom had to report a coworker for sexual harassment. It is against the law for that report to be heard by anybody at the company exceptt her, HR, and the dude. And if someone does hear somehow or they think it's you and do ANYTHING because of it, that's also illegal and considered retaliation. It's better to report than let it go on and have the men believing it's ok to do this around other workers, much less female coworkers

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Oh I’ve just used these exact phrases for what I think would happen in the UK too!

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In the UK this would be considered sexual harassment in the workplace, creating a hostile environment etc. it would be a disciplinary offence

VestalVirginJanuary 10, 2024(Edited January 10, 2024)

Sometimes, they make these passing comments about other women like "damn, what a fat ass", "goddamn, that girl has some huge tits" etc. Or they joke about watching porn or having sex. Maybe I'm prudish or whatever, but it makes me uncomfortable sometimes, and I just laugh mostly in disbelief that they'd say something like that around me.

You aren't prudish.

You live in a very conservative Muslim country and the men there behave like this ?

Unbelievable. Or, very believable, as, well, the level of misogyny is higher.

But the hypocrisy is outrageous.

(I live in a predominantly Christian country where all religions and lack thereof are tolerated, and women who sleep around have nothing more to fear than the usual male violence and a bad reputation, and let me tell you, I'd leave a workplace where men behaved like this.)

Honestly, the only time I heard such comments live, it was women commenting on the bodies of men, which is ... very different in that it is not threatening, but it still did make me rather uncomfortable to hear it. (And possibly a reaction to men behaving that way? Women trying to behave like men? Idk. I have a healthy sex drive, but I don't think it is proper to inform others of such thoughts.)

RusticTroglodyteSexualized OkraJanuary 11, 2024(Edited January 11, 2024)

It's not particularly creepy for an adult male acquaintance to make bad taste sexual jokes around me

Yes it is. Why can't men be fucking normal.

Listen to your body. Don't ignore the feelings you're having. Do you have to be alone with these rude scrotes?

UnicornJanuary 10, 2024

It's not particularly creepy for an adult male acquaintance to make bad taste sexual jokes around me anymore, since I'm not underage anymore.

Nah fam. It is still creepy. It's always creepy.

But I am allowed to feel fucking uncomfortable right??? I'm not supposed to just tolerate it and get used to it?

Of course you are allowed to feel uncomfortable with men objectifying and sexualizing women. It is deplorable behavior. I do not recommend getting used to it—don't desensitize yourself to depravity. In regards to "tolerating it," that would be a personal call depending on how safe you feel, how much you need this job, how much you're willing to risk your coworkers ostracizing you for speaking up about their behavior.

I'm sorry you have to deal with their disrespectful and gross behavior at all in the first place.

EmmaGildedJanuary 11, 2024

I wonder if they’re testing you. How would it go if you said, hey guys, maybe keep that kind of discussion for your male co-workers? Be friendly, calm, older-sisterly about it. Don’t tell them it upsets you, don’t get rattled, just remind them it’s not appropriate.

friedparataJanuary 11, 2024(Edited January 11, 2024)

this deserves a separate post on its own, but i believe the older one was definitely testing me this whole time.

he was like a mentor to me. over the 6-7 months I trained there, we became fairly close, he'd defend me when others make comments about me or are rude to me. he'd get angry on my behalf for any injustice i face. I'd also go to him for advice, and he was like an older brother to me. he'd also tell me personal things and opinions that he only tells his close friends.

for context, I'm 21 and he's 28.

then, last Christmas, we added each other on snapchat.

and he was making overly sexual jokes (like joking about him jerking off), hinting at me that he had certain intentions with me. I told him I was uncomfortable talking about this stuff with him because he was like an older brother to me. and he told me he hated being brozoned.

it's like he was a completely different person online.

and I guess that counts as sexual harrassment.

EmmaGildedJanuary 11, 2024

Yes, I think you’re right. It is sexual harassment, and he was both too wise in the ways of the workplace to do it at work, and hoping that the chivalrous approach would get you to consider him sexually .

There’s usually no point in telling such men you don’t like being romance-zoned, or that the workplace for you is somewhere for professional friendships, not a dating pool, and you will not be getting involved with anyone there. He will almost certainly still feel you’ve mistreated him.

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RusticTroglodyteSexualized OkraJanuary 11, 2024

It is so fucking creepy how men go after teenage girls and young women

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RusticTroglodyteSexualized OkraJanuary 11, 2024

Yes that absolutely is grooming and sexual harassment. What a piece of shit. I'm sorry that happened.

AmareldysJanuary 10, 2024

I have to wonder if the women aren't allowed to have sex, who are these dudes sleeping around WITH?

friedparataJanuary 11, 2024

foreign women who aren't muslims. lol. but they judge the shit out of these women behind their backs too. I feel bad for the girls who sleep with these assholes for validation.

AmareldysJanuary 11, 2024

Are there enough to go around in Their countries though?

RusticTroglodyteSexualized OkraJanuary 11, 2024

We can't be naive. I'm sure he's sleeping with foreign women, liberal Muslim women, any woman who will have his nasty scrote ass.

GenXerJanuary 10, 2024

I left a job over toxic masculinity and off colored commentary that management participated in.

friedparataJanuary 11, 2024

I've never seen any manager here behave like that, thankfully. but the normal level employee men... ugh.

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VestalVirginJanuary 10, 2024

You COULD start saying things like "damn, what a fat dick," or "goddam, that dude has a tight ass," and see what reaction you get.

She stated she lives in a Muslim country.

So I don't think that's a good idea.

I'd rather try and remind them of the religious rules. No one can say anything against that, surely?

(I mean, here in Germany, telling someone that it's not very Christian to do X would result in you being laughed at, but I get the impression Muslim countries are different.)

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