The TV show “Anne with an E” has inspired many people to be true to themselves and pursue adventure, the third season of the show was added to Netflix a couple of weeks ago and later announced that the fourth season had been cancelled. It has left many fans devastated knowing that their favorite red head would not be on screen no more. Ever since Netflix announced this, fans have started a trend on twitter with the hashtag #renewannewithane. This show talks about so many topics that are still talked about to this date. It follows the story of an orphan girl with red hair that goes by the name of “Anne”, who has an imagination so big and loves to read. She’s adopted by a pair of siblings, Marilla and Matthew, and she adores everything she’s given to by them. Later in the series, it gets more into depth of racism and feminism. Racism is introduced when one of the character’s, Gilbert Blythe, goes to work on a ship and meets a black man named Sebastian. He’s discriminated and often taken as being Gilbert’s slave, who sees him as a brother. In an episode, Sebastian goes to a store to buy salt and the cashier declines him by saying they had run out of salt to sell while there’s sacks of it behind him. Now days, mostly everyone knows that is a rude thing to do. In the newest season, there were new characters introduced who happen to be Native Americans. At the beginning of episode one in the third season, the group of classmates are playing hockey in a frozen pond with the girls writing for the class newspaper. A father and daughter have a hockey stick with them to sell to one of the boys. When they’re about to leave one of the characters, Billy Andrews, asks them to make him a hockey stick and says he’ll pay them by throwing them a dirty handkerchief.

Another topic that is talked about in this show is feminism. During the second season, there is a new teacher who happens to be a woman and many parents are against the idea of a woman teaching. However, Anne proves that a woman can teach as well as a man by encouraging classmates to show everyone what they’ve been taught by Miss Stacey, the teacher. The way Anne showed everyone was by showing up to a town hall meeting kind of situation discussing whether or not Miss Stacey should stay as a teacher. In the latest season, there is a conflict that involved a girl almost being raped who happened to be a friend of Anne’s. Anne consulted to the newspaper she writes for to talk freely about the incident. However, after many read it there is an argument about how women are only supposed to be in the kitchen and serve as wives and that a man can do more. Mrs. Lynde, who also happened to be one of Anne’s friends, is in a group where she is the only woman. The men tend to shut her up when she tries to speak, and it doesn’t take long for Anne to jump into action. She again asks her classmates to join her for a project she’d planned to help women raise their voice. In that particular scene, everyone has their mouth covered and holding up several pieces of wood with the words “FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A HUMAN RIGHT” to protest against what they had been doing to Mrs. Lynde.

There are so many reasons why this show must go on. It’s a truly inspiring and beautiful show that shows the ups and downs of growing up and the topics that to this date still happen. Racism, feminism, education, gender bias, foster care, human rights, beauty standards, indigenous history, sexual harassment, representation, LGBTQ+ rights, health care, acceptance, censorship, classism, and grief are all topics that are included in this show. It’s one of the many things that make this show so real and yet so lovable. It makes you understand why so many people are asking for a fourth season. It’s just one of those things you wish there was more to. Fans have taken to using billboards to promote the show and to drag attention so Netflix will make a fourth season. Some of the cast have tweeted about the billboards and asking for more seasons to be made. No one knows whether or not this show will go on, but for now we can hope.