Teen Dreams: Together Forever — The Wonder Years and The “Forever” Narrative
In the latest Teen Dreams, Kerensa explores Kevin and Winnie’s relationship and the forever love narrative.
Teen Dreams: Degrassi — 34 Going on 15
Kerensa discusses Degrassis’s strongest trait: authenticity.
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.
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.
Teen Dreams: James at 15: Teen Boys, Masculinity and Raging Hormones
Kerensa finds the male equivalent of Angela Chase in “James at 15.”
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.
This Was Television 