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, a television adaptation of writer Brian K. Vaughn and illustrator Cliff Chiang’s Eisner Award-winning comic book series, spotlights voices who are typically excluded or marginalized in mainstream science fiction: a radically diverse group of 12-year-old suburban girls.
At first glance, Erin Tieng , MacKenzie “Mac” Coyle , Karina “KJ” Brandman , and Tiffany Quilkin have absolutely nothing in common. Like the character prototypes in a John Hughes coming-of-age movie, each girl initially seems to occupy a specific role: the New Girl , the Tough Tomboy , the Rich Jock , and the Type-A Brain . On November 1, 1988, otherwise known as “Hell Day,” the four Ohio natives try to complete their paper route but get interrupted by a rowdy pack of teenage boys.
Tiffany’s initiative reflects her independence and need for control. “There's something about [her] that really yearns for this validation that…at some point can become isolating and then she seems to become comfortable in that isolation,” says Juilliard graduate Sekai Abenì, who plays adult Tiffany, in an interview with. Tiffany’s actions also speak to how society teaches Black girls to internalize their struggles.
When Tiffany meets the adult version of herself in episode six, she’s disappointed. Adult Tiffany, now a DJ who still lives in their hometown of Stony Stream, was expelled from MIT and is dating a skateboarding slacker. She also has a contentious relationship with her mom, who hid the fact that Tiffany was adopted. Young Tiffany thinks adult Tiffany embodies a lesson in wasted potential; Adult Tiffany tries to make her understand the freedom of rejecting oppressive societal and cultural demands.
, forces on young Black women. Tween Tiffany measures her life in accolades, but adult Tiffany wants her to slow down and just enjoy being a kid.
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