Men, Women & Children (2014)

Asha, the main character, is a biracial woman who discovers the power of magic wishing dust.

An aspect of She-Ra that I find refreshing is even though a large portion of the cast is on the LGBTQ+ Spectrum, being gay is never mentioned. While this might initially sound like a negative thing, in the show’s land of Etheria being on the gay spectrum is shown to be so common and normalized that straight isn’t the default. As much as there is to appreciate about narratives revolving around the obstacles that may come from being non-heteronormative, it’s nice to get immersed in a world where no one bats an eye at all to any sort of differing identity.

Netflix takes some liberties in its portrayal of Madame CJ Walker, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur.