Hoi and welcome to another episode of
'Screens and Pixels'
in which I recommend a ton of stuff that I found
somewhere on the internet
Today I've got a TV show,
two music things
one Instagram and
a podcast
So first of all: Jane The Virgin
I'm probably really late with this
which is what I usually am when it comes to TV shows
This was recommended to me by Roseanna
a long, long time ago and I finally started watching it
It is on Netflix
The basic premise of this show
is that there is a girl called Jane who is a virgin
and when she goes for a check-up
she actually, by accident, gets artificially inseminated
and then she gets pregnant!
And that is sort of where the story kicks off
It features three generations of single women
They're all amazing characters in their own way
And I guess one of the biggest features of it
is that it sort of parodies telenovelas?
Which I don't really have a lot of experience with
but I really enjoy the concept
It's quite playful, it's got some more, like, serious topics
but, in general, it is just a lot of fun
I also recommended this show to my friend Leena
who you might know from the channel 'JustKissMyFrog'
and she has definitely been converted
For one second
can you just name for me another show
that genuinely and thoroughly
shows a woman thinking about having an abortion?
Seriously, and doesn't judge her for it?
A woman who doesn't naturally have a very, very naturally slender figure
and is not commented on
or made a feature of
or made part of the plot
or a show that centers, most predominantly,
on the relationship between three generations of women
No other one!
And that is why 'Jane The Virgin' is so amazing!
Also a show that is bilingual and doesn't apologize for it
and doesn't make the actors put on weird accents
and still talk in English
to show they're speaking another language
Just speaks the other language
and expects us English viewers to read the subtitles!
Love it!
Now my next recommendation
is going to be a very obscure one
that I'm pretty sure no one has heard of before...
...and it is the 'Hamilton' soundtrack
Again, I'm gonna probably blame this
a little bit on Roseanna
I feel like if there is people
who haven't listened to 'Hamilton' yet at this point
it's probably because you're thinking
'It's so popular, everyone's telling me to listen to it
so I'm not gonna do it'
Basically, for the last three months
it is all I have listened to
You know when you have your
Spotify 'Custom Recommendations' List
That has completely been thrown off
'cause it doesn't really know what I like listening to anymore
At this point, I don't think I have to explain too much about the plot
but it is about Alexander Hamilton
Go listen to the songs, listen to them in order
and it is surprisingly easy to figure out the whole story
without doing any additional research
which is basically what I did
My favourite songs are probably
'Non-Stop', 'Satisfied', 'The Room Where It Happens'
and 'Blow Us All Away'
If you have some favourite songs,
which you definitely have if you've listened to it,
leave them in the comments!
Also, in case you didn't know yet,
'Hamilton' is coming to Europe!
I don't know when, I hope it is soon
and I'm gonna try really hard to get my hands on some tickets
The next, the other musical recommendation is
an Australian band called 'Oh Pep!'
I actually saw them play live, I think,
about a month ago
and they just released their first album!
I didn't realise this was their first album
I'd listened to a couple of their songs
they had up on Spotify
from their EP, but now the album is out
and it's called 'Stadium Cake'
I'm really bad at describing music
so I'm just gonna leave a link to their album in the description
They've got some really, like, beautiful, haunting songs
and some really lovely upbeat songs
I loved seeing them live so definitely go check them out as well!
The next, a podcast!
Lots of people have been chatting about this
and it is the 'Ctrl Alt Delete' podcast by Emma Gannon
which she started to sort of promote her book
which is also called 'Ctrl Alt Delete - How I Grew Up Online'
She is a blogger, she used to be a journalist,
she's freelance
and she has a different guest on her show every week
and they sort of talk about the topic that is related to that guest
I think my favourite one so far is
the episode where she talks to the woman who wrote
"The F*ck Off Fund' article
which I don't know if you've come across
but I'll put in the description as well
They also talk about things like
feminism, productivity, like, having a profile online
and a huge variety of other stuff
so, if that sounds like something you would like,
go check it out!
And my final recommendation is an Instagram account
and this is for you lovers of
#PlantsOfInstagram/
Succulents, Cacti of Instagram
The account is called 'KabinShop'
with a 'K'
and it is run by Carol Morley
and she lives in East London
and she owns a little independent online business
where she does ceramics and planters
and I actually bought a little planter for Lexa's birthday
They've all got really nice patterns
and some of them have spikes
I love this Instagram
it's really nice to see, like how she does her work
and maybe you'll get inspired
and want to buy something from her Etsy shop!
So I'll put links to that in the description as well!
Alright, so those are all my recommendations for this
'Screens and Pixels'
If there's anything that you want to recommend,
that falls into this category,
please leave it in a comment below
and I'll talk to you guys later!
Doei!