In many ways, Broad City [1] best friends Abbi and Ilana are terrible role models. Ilana is a worthless employee, Abbi is a pushover, and both women are mostly irresponsible and broke. That said, I adore them, not only for their dagger-sharp wit but also for their modern, dirty take on feminism. They stand up for women and sex positivity without being too — or, frankly, at all — PC. Read on for 28 moments when Abbi and Ilana became my feminist heroes (warning: many of them involve butt play [2]).
Because Abbi Knows How to Exit an Awkward Conversation Gracefully
Because Ilana Isn't Afraid to Endorse a Friend's Assets
Because Abbi Isn't Shy About Owning It
Because This Is How They Respond When a Dude Tells Them to "Smile"
Because They Groom Their Bikini Lines but Don't Go Fully Bare
Because They Don't Have to Get Married to Enjoy Cake
Because Ilana Is Comfortable With Her Body
Because They Appreciate the Evolving Nature of Hotness
Because Abbi Isn't Afraid to Dream Big
Because They Demand Respect From Men
But They Also Give Men Respect
Because Abbi Isn't Afraid to Say What She Wants
Because Ilana Is Always Right There With Her
Because This Is How Ilana Reacts When Abbi Tells Her She Pegged a Guy
Because Ilana Won't Put Up With FOMO
Because This Is How Abbi Reacts When She Gets the Apartment to Herself
As the real-life Abbi told Jimmy Kimmel [4], "I was like, I'll have MONTHS before I shoot this, to get to look to how I want to look. And then time went on, and the shooting day came."
Because They Aren't Afraid to Use Bold Pickup Lines
Because They Can Celebrate Milestones Together
Because They Know How to Lob a Good Insult
Because They Support Interracial Relationships and Queer Identity
Because Abbi Knows Sometimes You Just Need to Netflix
Because Ilana Isn't Afraid to Admire Abbi's Toosh
And Abbi Reacts Like This
Because Ilana Is Reclaiming the Word "B*tch"
Because They Aren't Afraid to Talk About Things No One Talks About
Because Ilana Knows the Many Glorious Uses For a Vagina
And also came up with our favorite new way to pronounce vagina.
Because They Aren't Afraid to Gawk at Men
Because They Have Vivid Fantasy Lives
