Started June 14, 2019 · Ended · Based on 2 seasons, 20 episodes through August 25, 2020 · TV-MA
Trinkets follows Elodie, a grieving teenager who moves to Portland after her mother dies. She becomes friends with Tabitha and Moe after they meet at Shoplifters Anonymous. The girls hide their friendship while dealing with theft, family problems, romance, abuse, and school pressure. The tone mixes teen drama, humor, crime, and emotional storylines.
The show gives strong attention to queer identity through Elodie’s lesbian relationships and her romance with Jillian. It also centers three girls from different backgrounds and explores racial profiling, colorism, class, abuse, and white privilege. Season two makes these social issues more direct than season one. The identity themes are important to the characters, but the main story remains focused on friendship, addiction, grief, and growing up.
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Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Trinkets.
Woke representation / casting
The show centers three teenage girls from different backgrounds. Elodie is openly lesbian, and her queer relationships receive major screen time. Quintessa Swindell is nonbinary and plays Tabitha, while Kat Cunning is nonbinary and plays queer musician Sabine. Interviews and coverage openly frame the cast around queer and nonbinary visibility.
75%
Woke political dialogue
Season two includes direct talk about racial profiling and unequal treatment at school. Tabitha discusses how her black identity affects how others see her. The show uses these moments to support modern identity-based concerns, but long political speeches are rare.
20%
Identity-driven story themes
Elodie’s lesbian identity shapes several major romance and coming-of-age stories. Tabitha’s arc includes racial profiling, colorism, and learning to value her black identity. The show also presents friendship and chosen support as answers to abuse, family pressure, and social exclusion.
72%
Western institutional / cultural critique
The show criticizes school and social systems when they treat wealthy white Brady more gently than working-class Moe. Tabitha faces racial profiling while shopping. The story also presents abusive male behavior and traditional ideas about popularity and perfection as harmful.
30%
Woke character or canon changes
The television version adds a clear lesbian storyline for Elodie. Published summaries of Kirsten Smith’s novel focus on grief, friendship, and shoplifting without showing that romance. The change is audience-visible, but the series is still based on the same central characters and friendship.
15%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Not present in this title.
0%
Creator track record context
Kirsten Smith has a feminist and female-focused writing pattern. Emily Meyer has worked on a story about gay identity and acceptance. Amy Andelson has supported AIDS research and arts access. The cached director information shows little activist history.
30%
Production
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