After Calvin (Liam Wallace Harper) spends the entirety of his youth at the Smallville County Orphanage, he is released at the age of eighteen. He begins his journey to find his purpose in a world he has never understood. Along his journey, he uncovers his superhuman abilities along with his mysterious past. Helena Rosa (Isabella Hurst) vows to get revenge on the men responsible for the murder of her mother. When both Calvin and Helena's paths cross, both must unite to save each other.
"First Day" is a trans kid slice-of-life tv show that brings desperately needed diversity to coming-of-age stories in mainstream media. Here's a show that get's it right by having a trans actress in a story centered on trans girlhood.
What are we willing to walk through to see our dreams come to pass? Our minds might be so wholly alive with the passions we carry and the plans we make to see these things become all we wish them to be, yet life doesn’t always want to come alongside. Instead, obstacles arise, both physical and mental, which attempt to dissuade us or even prevent us from moving forward, stalling or stagnating the momentum to achieve what we desire. The age-old question remains….can we overcome? Or will we BE overcome?
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
This romance movie has strong representation of Taiwanese people.
Disney has cleverly managed to dance around the misdeeds of their past by scraping by with an insincere action that does very little to incite any long-lasting positive changes.
For anyone who is not a cis white woman, a justice-fueled murderous rampage is not framed as liberation. Instead, they contribute to harsh stereotypes that vilify minority women with dangerous consequences.
