Babes

Women are the main characters—Eden is a White Jewish yoga instructor, and her dentist best friend, Dawn, is played by an actor of Haitian, Jamaican, and Lebanese descent—and the director and co-writer are both women. Female friendship is presented as the most important relationship in a woman's life. Eden's love interest is played by Black actor Stephan James; Dawn's husband, Marty, is played by Muslim Indian American actor Hasan Minhaj. Characters have brief conversations about race, including what it means for a White woman to raise a Black baby and that certain medical conditions (like sickle cell anemia) are associated with certain races. Writer/star Ilana Glazer identifies as queer, and another dentist in Dawn's practice is played by queer comedian Sandra Bernhard. Supporting cast, including clinic doctors played by Black twins Keith and Kenny Lucas, is racially diverse. Body diversity and confidence demonstrated in Dawn and Marty's relationship.

Clip from a 1970s horror movie of a spike impaling a man. Comedy is created out of realities of pregnancy and childbirth that are rarely discussed in the media, with pain and misery that will leave a lasting impression. Vomiting.

The plot revolves around a one-time sexual encounter in which both parties express consent in thoughtful terms. Two people kiss and lie in bed together, covered by sheets; a man's bare chest and a woman's shoulders and leg are exposed. A pregnant woman is shown naked in the shower, with sensitive areas covered. Blunt, crass descriptions of sex and genitals. Married couple kisses passionately and starts to undress, making it clear that they're about to have sex. Masturbation jokes, including references about using food items for sexual purposes. Sex toy.

Pervasive, extremely strong/crude language throughout includes "f--k," "p---y," "ass," "a--hole," "bulls--t," "bitch," "cum," "d--k," "piss," "poon," "s--t," "shut up," "t-tties" and "whore." Many jokes about defecation using words like "caca," "deuce," "dook," "poop," and "s--t." "Jesus Christ!" and "oh my God" as exclamations.

Mushrooms and marijuana are spoken about on several occasions in a way that normalizes recreational drug use. Main characters drink hard alcohol and trip on psilocybin mushrooms; one of them is breastfeeding (there's a passing reference that she'll "pump and dump"), and the other learns in the hours that follow that she's pregnant. Drug use brings on a nursing mother's milk supply.