Teen Dreams: Degrassi — 34 Going on 15
Kerensa discusses Degrassis’s strongest trait: authenticity.
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.
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?
Team-Up Review: My So-Called Life, “Guns and Gossip,” “Father Figures”
It’s a My So-Called Life double feature this week about guns in school and healthy eating.
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