.tucaandbertie is a show for women, by women!
ADVERTISEMENT Tuca & Bertie is the latest brainchild of Lisa Hanawalt, the artist who designed everyone's fav depressed horse, BoJack Horseman. The show centers on two bird-women in their early 30s, navigating their new friendship dynamic now they are no longer flatmates. Tuca, voiced by Tiffany Haddish, is a loud and extroverted Tucan, living off her aunt’s money and flitting through the gig economy.
The storylines and the way they're handled make it obvious that this is a show for women, by women. From dealing with a sexist coworker while navigating a promotion to exploring the complicated world of adult friendship. It handles women's sexuality in a way so few shows do, by presenting it as normal and even mundane; Bertie settles into a rut with her boyfriend, while Tuca lusts over deli-counter boys and butch, older swim teachers.
As well as queerness, the show handles sexual violence exceptionally well. Survivors in media are so rarely the articulators of our own story. We're either the motivation for the male protagonist’s rage or snarling animals seeking revenge at all costs. To see Bertie, who was assaulted by a lifeguard as a child, finally swim to peanut Butter Island - an achievement that was taken from her by the assault - was joyous and healing.
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