History Series / Shrill

* {{Beta Bitch}}: In college, before she became best friends with Fran, Annie was best friends with an AlphaBitch named Lauren, who would passively aggressively fat shame her to make herself feel prettier. Annie eventually learned to distance herself from Lauren’s bullying and started hanging out with Fran and her crush at the time: Dea. BigBeautifulWoman: While there are a variety of large women of varying levels of beauty like the very cute Annie and the sexy Fran and all the plus-sized bathing beauties at the Fat Babe Pool Party, the one that stands out the most is a big, blonde, and beautiful woman in a [[LadyInRed red dress]], who by her example teaches Annie to cross the street without apology.

* BigBeautifulWoman: While there are a variety of large women of varying levels of beauty like the very cute Annie and the sexy Fran and all the plus-sized bathing beauties at the Fat Babe Pool Party, the one that stands out the most is a big, blonde, and beautiful woman in a [[LadyInRed red dress]], who by her example teaches Annie to cross the street without apology.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Fran and Annie, who live together and are best friends.

** When she meets Ryan, Ruthie refers to him as "[[Film/StarWars Chewbacca]] on meth" based on his big, hairy appearance.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Ruthie, the transgender receptionist at the Thorn, seems to have crushes on various men and women.

* BigBeautifulWoman: While there are a variety of large women of varying levels of beauty like the very cute Annie and the sexy Fran and all the plus-sized bathing beauties at the Fat Babe Pool Party, the one that stands out the most is a big, blonde, and beautiful woman in a [[LadyInRed red dress]]who by her example teaches Annie to cross the street without apology.

Annie, described as a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body. Annie is trying to make it as a journalist while juggling bad boyfriends, sick parents and a perfectionist boss, while the world around her deems her not good enough because of her weight. She starts to realize that she’s as good as anyone else, and acts on it.

It stars Creator/{{Aidy Bryant}} as the main character Annie.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Annie takes the morning after pill and after it is revealed to not work, she goes to have an abortion and it is treated as a non-issue (aside from Ryan's MyBelovedSmother wanting to make a funeral for the fetus). The next season has Annie name her abortion as a moment of self-care.

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** Annie's "work husband", Amadi, is a straight example (and not just because he ''is'' [[IncrediblyLamePun straight]]), although she and Fran are closer and they live together. Amani, on the other hand, is mostly seen through his and Annie's work and we learn very little about his life.

* RealityEnsues: Annie quits her job at the Thorn to get back at her BadBoss Gabe, but she can't find work. Although she is a pretty respected writer, she can only get offers for an "internship".

* ShoutOut: In one episode, Annie and her dad play [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]] on the piano and clarinet.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ryan is a {{deconstruction}} of this. He treats Annie horribly in the beginning, from making her jump over his fence after sex (out of shame over being seen with a fat woman) to blowing off dates so he can engage in frat boy activities like pencil fighting. Once they officially become a couple, however, he does make a semi-serious effort to be a good and supportive boyfriend to her, even showing occasional moments of tenderness and compassion. Unfortunately, it winds up being too little too late, as her TheReasonYouSuck speech (cited below) illustrates.

* BrainyBrunette: Brown-haired Annie is a writer and Fran is dark-haired woman with a witty tongue.
* BumblingDad: Deconstructed with Annie's Dad, who is a goofy man and relies on his wife to run the household, but when Annie lashes out at her mother [[WhatTheHellHero he really tells her off about how self-centered she can be while her Mother hardly puts herself first]].

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Annie takes the Morning After Pill and after it is revealed to not work, she goes to have an abortion and it is treated as a non-issue (aside from Ryan's MyBelovedSmother wanting to make a funeral for the fetus). The next season has Annie name her abortion as a moment of self-care.

** Gabe has plenty of {{Jerkass}} moments but, deep down, does have Annie's best interests in mind. In Season 2, he shows concern when Annie tells him that the corporate-minded WAHAM (Women Having A Moment) event is monetizing feminism and self-care to sell more insecurity to women and is open only to privileged women (despite aiming to empower women) and takes Annie seriously when she says that her moment of self-care was having an abortion.

* MyBelovedSmother: Deconstructed with Annie's Mom, while she does push Annie to diet to lose weight and can stand to back away, she is not painted as a one-note gorgon and instead as a complex person with feelings. She and Annie's dad, surprisingly enough, even take a liking to Ryan (despite how embarrassingly he behaves when meeting them).

* OpenMindedParent: Vera and Bill are this, as they know that Fran is queer and dates (sleeps with) lots of women and Vera openly wishes that Annie "plays the field" like Fran does.

** Annie's "work husband", Amadi, is a straight example (and not just because [[IncrediblyLamePun he ''is'' straight]]), although she and Fran are closer and they live together. Amani, on the other hand, is mostly seen through his and Annie's work and we learn very little about his life.
* TruthInTelevision: The morning after pill does in fact have a higher chance of failing for people over a certain weight, particularly if taken close to the end of its effective timeframe, although it's not as hard-and-fast a distinction as the pharmacist makes it sound when Annie asks.

* YouAreFat: The show explores how hard it is for a fat woman like Annie, where it even turns out she is too overweight for the morning after pill! She lives in a society where even random strangers feel entitled to commenting on her body.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ryan is an example of this trope being portrayed in a rather negative fashion. He treats Annie horribly in the beginning, from making her jump over his fence after sex (out of shame over being seen with a fat woman) to blowing off dates so he can engage in frat boy activities like pencil fighting. Once they officially become a couple, however, he does make a semi-serious effort to be a good and supportive boyfriend to her, even showing occasional moments of tenderness and compassion. Unfortunately, it winds up being too little too late, as her TheReasonYouSuck speech (cited below) illustrates.