diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b3cf464..55f5d38 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 deprecated~=1.2.13
 requests-oauthlib>=1.3
 requests>=2.25
+dataclasses; python_version<"3.7"
diff --git a/trakt/mixins.py b/trakt/mixins.py
index 4b39195..3222faf 100644
--- a/trakt/mixins.py
+++ b/trakt/mixins.py
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ class IdsMixin:
 
     __ids = ['imdb', 'slug', 'tmdb', 'trakt']
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._ids = {}
+    def __init__(self, ids=None):
+        if ids is None:
+            ids = {}
+        self._ids = ids
 
     @property
     def ids(self):
@@ -51,3 +53,11 @@ def tvdb(self):
     @property
     def tvrage(self):
         return self._ids.get('tvrage', None)
+
+    @property
+    def slug(self):
+        return self._ids.get('slug', None)
+
+    @slug.setter
+    def slug(self, value):
+        self._ids['slug'] = value
diff --git a/trakt/users.py b/trakt/users.py
index 90717ef..3d2224f 100644
--- a/trakt/users.py
+++ b/trakt/users.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Interfaces to all of the User objects offered by the Trakt.tv API"""
-from collections import namedtuple
+from collections import UserDict, namedtuple
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 from trakt.core import delete, get, post
 from trakt.mixins import IdsMixin
@@ -62,28 +64,49 @@ def unfollow(user_name):
     yield 'users/{username}/follow'.format(username=slugify(user_name))
 
 
-class UserList(namedtuple('UserList', ['name', 'description', 'privacy',
-                                       'share_link', 'type', 'display_numbers',
-                                       'allow_comments', 'sort_by',
-                                       'sort_how', 'created_at',
-                                       'updated_at', 'item_count',
-                                       'comment_count', 'likes', 'ids',
-                                       'user', 'creator']), IdsMixin):
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class UserListData:
+    name: str
+    description: str
+    privacy: str
+    share_link: str
+    type: str
+    display_numbers: str
+    allow_comments: str
+    sort_by: str
+    sort_how: str
+    created_at: str
+    updated_at: str
+    item_count: str
+    comment_count: str
+    likes: str
+    user: str
+    creator: str
+
+
+def DataClassMixin(data_class):
+    class DataClassMixinClass:
+        def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+            self.data = data_class(**kwargs)
+
+        def __getattr__(self, item):
+            return getattr(self.data, item)
+
+    return DataClassMixinClass
+
+
+class UserList(DataClassMixin(UserListData), IdsMixin):
     """A list created by a Trakt.tv :class:`User`"""
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, ids=None, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__()
+    def __init__(self, ids=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self._ids = ids
-        self._items = list()
+        self._items = []
 
     def __iter__(self):
         """Iterate over the items in this user list"""
         return self._items.__iter__()
 
-    @property
-    def slug(self):
-        return self._ids.get('slug', None)
-
     @classmethod
     @post
     def create(cls, name, creator, description=None, privacy='private',