Don’t mind me watching so many shows at once. I’m watching Queer Eye season #3, Castle Rock, and The Good Place simultaneously. When I was at C2E2 with my friend, she couldn’t stop raving about Shrill and how honest it was at portraying a young woman going through her professional career. I have been a fan of Aidy Bryant for a while now, so I figured I’d add this show to my watchlist.

Shrill focuses on Annie Easton (played by Aidy Bryant) a woman working in Portland. She’s been having on/off sex with Ryan who refuses to have her meet his friends and sneaks her out the back door every time she comes over. Annie also receives off-handed remarks from her boss at work and her mom about trying to lose weight. As she has unprotected sex with Ryan, she gets pregnant when she discovers that Plan B doesn’t work as well because of her weight.

I was today years old when I discovered that Plan B doesn’t work if you’re over a certain weight. I’m shocked because I never knew weight played a role in how Plan B worked. There is even research saying some morning-after pills won’t work on women who weigh more than 150 lbs. This means Plan B may not work for me. Anyway, I can’t believe I didn’t know this earlier.

Annie decides to get an abortion which is shown to some degree on the show. I’m pro-choice which means I support someone’s right to choose what they want to do whether that be getting an abortion, adoption, or having support resources to keep their child. I’m glad we are representing this on TV.

Annie goes through many other experiences and slowly learns to not give a fuck. The episodes where Annie stands up for herself are my favorite because I was rooting for her. This show is based on Lindy West’s book Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman which is a book about fat representation and obstacles Lindy faced in her career due to her weight.

Shrill was a good show! I found myself quickly going through episodes. Shrill can be watched on Hulu.