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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 »
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 »
