In 'Chewing Gum,' Tracey Is The Quirkiest And Freest Character On TV
For Black women, there is an added benefit to watching Tracy's weirdness in Netflix's hit show in all its glory.
Tracey Gordon, the protagonist in the Netflix hit show, Chewing Gum — a British comedy about a 20-something Christian woman on a quest to lose her virginity and find herself — is weird. The fact is, if I knew her in real life, she'd probably irritate me a lot. And yet, I love her.
I don't just love her because we're both British-born Africans. Or that, like her, I lived in public housing for part of my childhood, or that we both have dirty laughs. I love her because she, mostly, succeeds in breaking free from what society and her faith have told her she should be and how she should act.
Like all of us, Tracey wants to be loved
