In a lot of ways, I’m an uncomplicated TV viewer. Yes, after the fact, I will analyze and critique and categorize tropes and storylines and …
Mean Girl Nemesis
Dead Boy Detectives Found Family
The Dead Boy Detectives was recommended to me as an if you like X you should try Y post on Facebook. If you like Heartstopper …
Broadcast TV Nostalgia: Revisiting a Scene-Setting Era of the Teen Drama Genre
We have settled into the era of nostalgic retellings of the media moments reaching 20 and 30 year anniversaries. Last year marked 20 years since …
Chase Spring: How Heartstopper could help Angela Chase realize she deserves better than Jordan Catalano
There are so many parallels between where My So-Called Life leaves off and Heartstopper begins. The reflected feelings of attraction to someone who can’t help …
Never Have I Ever … Healed my grief for a lost parent
Vague Spoilers ahead for Season 4 Never Have I Ever The beauty of Never Have I Ever is that at the end of the day, …
Peak Teen Soap: Heart and Drama in The O.C.
Twenty years ago this month (August 2003), Ryan Atwood crashed into the private school world of Newport Beach, his very presence shaking up the lives …
“Challenge” Heartstopper S2E4 Episode Recap
It’s Heartstopper Season Two time! I have so many thoughts and feelings (obviously). While it picks up immediately after the end of the first season, …
Reading Primer: Read Alice Oseman’s Books In Order!
In retrospect I think I read Alice Oseman’s catalogue of work in completely the wrong order. I read Heartstopper volumes 1 & 2 shortly after …
Sharing a Piece of My Heart
I’ve gathered from the internet that this here is a classic millennial parenting joy: sharing a piece of pop culture with your kid. We all …
The Sloppy Retro Modernism of Sex Education
What is with Otis’s striped jacket in Sex Education? From the beige jacket, to the everlasting-autumn colour palate of the foggy tree covered hills that …