Watch this when
Heartbreak High
Quinni figured out what a lot of us learn late: masking all day isn't 'fitting in', it's exhausting. 🎧 #HeartbreakHigh
Who it's for
Quinni is autistic, played by autistic actor Chloé Hayden, and the show names her autism plainly and lets her be funny, horny, messy and right about things like any other teen.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Heartbreak High is a Netflix teen drama created by Hannah Carroll Chapman, running three seasons from 2022 to 2026. At Hartley High, the discovery of an 'incest map' charting students' hookups sends those named into a mandatory sex-education class, and protagonist Amerie Wadia becomes an outcast after taking the blame.
Where to find it
Netflix (Netflix original). Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Threatened sexual assault; parental violence.
Age: TV-MA (Common Sense: 16+)
One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings;W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 1
