Question 1

Is Words on Bathroom Walls woke?

Accepted Answer

Words on Bathroom Walls has a woke score of 28/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. A 2020 coming-of-age drama follows high school senior Adam as he hides his schizophrenia diagnosis while starting at a new Catholic school and falling for classmate Maya. The narrative centers on his personal struggles with mental illness, medication, family, and first love. Maya refers to prom as an extension of the patriarchy. A scene references bathroom graffiti highlighting hypocrisy in Christian teachings on homosexuality.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Words on Bathroom Walls?

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The biggest factors in our score are Institutional / cultural critique, Political / ideological dialogue. Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.

Words on Bathroom Walls

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