Owen Cooper stars as Jaime in the Netflix show Adolescence. Photo: Netflix
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Adolescence is the TV series that everyone can't stop talking about. It's been out for a month and still holds Netflix's #1 spot.
It follows a British family as their world turns upside down when 13-year-old Jamie is arrested for murdering a schoolmate: the charges against their son force them to confront every parent's worst nightmare.
The show sent shock waves around the world, starting conversations around the rise of Andrew Tate style misogyny, and kicking off debates about smartphone use by children with the idea of banning them for under-16s growing in popularity amongst parents.
Kate Lindsay is a culture reporter whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and GQ. She also the co-hosts the Slate podcast ICYMI podcast and writes the internet culture newsletter Embedded.
