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in the reboot’s first season on Paramount+ where Laci Mosley’s bisexual character, Harper, and her crush, Poppy Liu’s Double Dutch, kiss. It’s a moment that LGBTQ+ folks and people of color who were fans of the original 2007 Nickelodeon show about a girl who becomes internet famous in the early days of web videos could only have imagined. The scene features two queer actors, one who is Black and one who on HBO and for her podcast, about — you guessed it — famous grifters, i’s inclusion of various kinds of people offers a space where marginalized folks can see themselves free of trauma and stereotypes.

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