Page 92 - Flaunt 170 - The Phoenix Issue - Bosworth

WINGSPAN FOR DAYS Waxing and waning with a crop of Netflix’s new young adult recruits, as seen scene stealing in Spring 2020 series WrittenbyLiamCasey PhotographedbyIanMorrison ON MY BLOCK The Lauren Iungerich-created series, which documents four South Los Angeles teenagers’ journey through the exciting, explorative, and oft-excruciating high school years, snaps an honest, heartfelt, and even humorous picture through a much-needed underrepresented lens. Characters Monsé Finnie, Cesar Diaz, Ruby Martinez Jr, and Jasmine Flores return for the third season to fanfare. Flaunt wonders what it means to work on a series that’s actively advocating less-amplified voices and diversity. Brett Gray “This could have never been the case before. Hopefully the people who are not people of col- or are going, ‘wow!’ And hopefully people that look like us on the show are telling themselves that they can tell stories like this.” ALL CLOTHING TALENT’S OWN AND ALL EYEWEAR BY GENTLE MONSTER. 86 WINGSPAN FOR DAYS WINGSPAN FOR DAYS WINGSPAN FOR DAYS