CBC Gem commemorated Chia Pet Day by playing a clip from comedy show Sort Of where main characters Sabi Mehboob and 7ven speak around a chia vulva. .“Are these chia vulvas?” said Mehboob in the video. .Sort Of is a show about the life of Mehboob, a first generation non-binary Pakistani-Canadian immigrant who tries to embrace their identity and combat cultural expectations put on them. Their non-binary friend 7ven, who works as an artist, encourages them to embrace their identity and fulfill their needs. .The video starts off with 7ven asking if Mehboob is listening to them. They say the art gallery is open to deepening its relationship with them at other galleries while they cut chia off of the sculpture. .7ven said they were “thinking I’m getting a very subtle brush off.” They water their chia before asking Mehboob why they are acting weird, and they respond they are not. .7ven said the curator offered them a spot in a gallery in Berlin. They added they would “work at a gallery in the queerest city in the universe.” .The artist asked Mehboob to imagine doing a paid internship in Berlin. .“Sabi, I’m going to have like the most delicious orgy,” they said. .“God is like good.” .Mehboob agreed with 7ven by saying Allahu Akbar (God is great). .This clip comes after CBC launched Lido TV, a show teaching children about social justice issues, in September. .READ MORE: WATCH: CBC unveils children’s show about colonialism, feminism.“Actual segment from a new CBC children's show called ‘LIDO TV,’ in which ‘host Lido Pimienta … tackles themes ranging from feminism and privilege to colonialism,’” said Quillette associate editor Jonathan Kay. .A video Kay attached to shows a giant tomato speaking to Pimienta about colonialism.
