friday-three

The Friday Three: Stories That Refuse to Shrink

Teresa, Hidden Figures, and Maid. Stories that refuse to shrink.

Three worlds. One standard.

This week: Teresa, Hidden Figures, and Maid.

A telenovela, an Oscar nominee, and a Netflix limited series three stories from three different worlds, all asking the same question: what happens when someone refuses to become smaller than the world expects them to be?

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