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10 Reasons Why You Should Watch 'Jane The Virgin'

There are too many to count, but let's start with these.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Watch 'Jane The Virgin'
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Jane the Virgin is a great show for those of us who are not familiar with the world of telenovelas. For those who are unfamiliar with this TV show, a brief synopsis: Jane is a virgin (hence the title). She is a planner who is happy with her life being on a completely different course than her mother’s was when she was Jane’s age. Jane has a loving fiancé and then she suddenly finds herself pregnant after being mistakenly artificially inseminated.

Things are a LOT more complicated than that but still the show covers so much from, of course, the topic of virginity to the actual ridiculousness of having a life that is so much like a telenovela. The show’s second season recently ended and is also on Netflix. Seriously it’s a good show and here are at least 10 reasons why:

1. It shows three generations of strong and independent Latina women dealing with life in it's various up's and down's.



2. Pregnancy and motherhood is hard, but even through it all Jane still has her own dreams and ambitions



3. This show also tackles some pretty serious topics like immigration. There is a whole arc in the story that shows how much fear some immigrants live with.



4. They have a character who speaks exclusively Spanish but that doesn't change the fact that she is one of the strongest characters in the show

Abuela is life


5. Each character has multiple dimensions to them and also pretty racially diverse.


The episodes are structured in a way that show how life isn't as black and white as we hope it is and there are moments when the "bad guys" are good and the "good" guys do bad things.


6. The topics of faith, religion and sexuality are dealt with in a comical albeit serious fashion



7. It shows the struggles of parenthood but also shows that it is totally worth it all



8. There is a omnipresent narrator but he also likes to interject is how comments at what is happening during the show




9. The main character is very easy to relate to


She is overachieving, ambitious, awkward, sassy, seeks approval and is a growing person. Also she's a hopeless romantic and wants the perfect romance like a lot of us do plus she has a happy dance and it's amazing.


10. The love triangle is seriously intense and who doesn't enjoy a good love triangle


Seriously Rafael and Jane all the way though...


This is a hilarious comedy that may be a bit overwhelming and cheesy sometimes but this is a show that you can't help but what to watch. It is a great show to binge watch before the summer is over.


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