Wonder Woman attempts to stop the Nazis from stealing a secret rubber formula. Noel and Kerensa just don’t care about it. Continue reading »
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Team-Up Review: Wonder Woman, “Last of the Two Dollar Bills”
Double agents with Lynchian vibes, phony $2 bills, and Steve and Wonder Woman finally have a date. Continue reading »
Teen Dreams: Square Pegs: Construction of Popularity, Nerd Girl Desirability and Fleeting Crushes
How can you be popular in the 1980s if you’re smart, have braces, and are sort of insecure? Square Pegs finds a way. Continue reading »
Team-Up Review: Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman vs. Gargantua”
Wonder Woman does battle with a super-strong, super-smart gorilla conditioned to destroy her. Continue reading »
Team-Up Review: Wonder Woman, “Beauty on Parade”
Diana, despite supposedly not looking good in a bathing suit, goes undercover to find out if a beauty pageant is a front for a sabotage ring. Continue reading »
Team-Up Review: Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther”
Wonder Woman matches feminisms with a female Nazi saboteur. Continue reading »
Teen Dreams: The Facts of Life, Teen Lesbians, and Queer Invisibility / Visibility
The Facts of Life presented one of TV’s first teen lesbian characters… sort of. Then they pretended it never happened. Continue reading »
Teen Dreams: James at 15: Teen Boys, Masculinity and Raging Hormones
Kerensa finds the male equivalent of Angela Chase in “James at 15.” Continue reading »
Teen Dreams: Let’s Talk About Sex: Race, Class and Sexual Double Standards in Happy Days and Good Times
In 1974, two sitcoms responded very differently to the rise of the sexual revolution. Continue reading »
Teen Dreams: The Partridge Family and Feminism, Dull TV, and Singing Heartthrobs
Who needs plot or character when you have catchy melodies and wavy hair? Continue reading »
Teen Dreams: Dobie Gillis, Gidget, Never Too Young, and the Origins of Teen Television
Kerensa Cadenas kicks off her look at teen shows with a survey of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Never Too Young, and Gidget. Continue reading »
