In 2018, Netflix partnered up with Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, and Tan France to reboot reality TV show Queer Eye (originally titled in the 2003 version Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.) This show is based around five queer individuals who are trained in varying amounts of fields. Antoni is a professional at cooking, Bobby is a house designer, Jonathan is a hairstyling and cosmetics worker, Karamo works in mental health and human communications, and Tan France is a fashion industry worker. Together, these five work to give someone’s life the kick and boost it needs to make an individual from any part of the world feel like they are living their best life. 

Queer Eye is something I think every human needs. The show, I’m not syaing that everyone needs to have the eyes of a queer person. It strives, and pulls off successfully showing people that they don’t have to wallow in their own sadness, that they don’t have to just sit and not take care of their own self. They show that self-care on all levels and prospects really goes a long way, and the best part? They actually show techniques and give talks about how to get to those places. I have cried on numerous occasions as I sat back and enjoyed these transformations of people who genuinely started to feel better and learn to take better care of themselves. 

Another thing that the show does well is that they have conversations. This most recent season was in Texas, and due to that they were helping individuals who didn’t know or understand why or how people were gay, or had a slight bias against them. Typically, people tend to just get mad and tell people they are wrong or stupid, but these people genuinely seem to love humans, and spent time simply talking. This ended up with a lot more understanding of people’s worries and insecurities. If we did this more often in society, we would both get a lot more done and be a happier bunch. 

Queer Eye is a show that accomplishes all it tries to, and the genuine reactions from all around I haven’t seen replicated anywhere else besides real life. I highly recommend this to everyone, especially those who don’t understand or think LGBTQ+ people are so different or people who are struggling to make it through each day. This show is a reminder that life is worth living, and I don’t think there is a more beautiful message than that.