She's Gotta Have It

Queerbait and Switch: “She’s Gotta Have It” Fails LGBTQ Viewers—Again

DeWanda Wise as Nola and Ilfenesh Hadera as Opal on She's Gotta Have It
by Zoe Samudzi
July 11, 2019 at 4:54pm
We were baited with a girl-on-girl softcore scene only for female-centric romance to be altogether abandoned just a couple of episodes later.
a Black mother and her Black daughter exchange high-fives and smile at each other in a park

Body Freedom: Shemekka Epps Should Get to Have It Too

by Cate Young
May 31, 2019 at 11:22am
She’s Gotta Have It buys into the idea that self-love and body modification can’t coexist. Read more »
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Coexisting Desires: Nola Darling Finally Gets Real with Herself in “She’s Gotta Have It”

by Brooklyn White
May 29, 2019 at 2:20pm
Nola Darling understands that trauma porn is a tactic often used to beef up the work and lives of Black women for clicks and scholarships, but it is also demeaning. Read more »
DeWanda Wise as Nola and Ilfenesh Hadera as Opal on She's Gotta Have It

Nova, Nola, and Annalise: Queer Black Women and the Arc of Representation

by Jordan Taliha McDonald
January 3, 2018 at 9:12am
Nola, Nova, and Annalise are the queer-coded villains of their own stories. Read more »
DeWanda Wise as Nola Darling in She's Gotta Have It

Superficial Boundaries: “She’s Gotta Have It” Butchers Polyamory and Queerness

by Evette Dionne
November 29, 2017 at 1:27pm
Nola Darling erects superficial barriers that don’t protect her or the people she’s engaging with. Read more »