Teen television is often contradictory in its message. In particular, when romance is involved, shows about young people tend to endorse the idealized “happily ever …
Wait for your Happily Ever After moment
Adaptation: Fantasy Lifestyle From Page to Screen
Teen television is one of my favourite genres. It is a niche of TV storytelling I find fascinating and rich and one I persistently return …
Super Secrets
Lately I seem to be watching a lot of supernatural teen drama. This particular niche of genre cross-overs features teen characters who are somehow supernaturally …
An Ocean Apart
Every review I try to write about a British teen TV show seems to inevitably come back to the things British series do (or do …
A Season Too Far
Single season series like My So-Called Life and Freaks and Geeks are often described as having been cancelled prematurely, before their time. Granted, both proved to be …
Talking Pregnant… Again!
I feel like I keep coming back to television’s depictions of teen pregnancy over and over again. It is a narrative that seriously shows up …
Short, Sweet, and Square
It’s the kind of show you can’t find on TV, but through the magic of the internet and a bourgeoning genre of scripted, serial Youtube series, it …
It’s a Far-From-Wonderful Glee Christmas
While searching for a little holiday entertainment this year, I found myself giving Glee another chance. It seems inevitable at this point that every time …
The Age of the Teen Daddy
In the movie-length finale of Degrassi High, “School’s Out,” Joey Jerremiah cheats on his girlfriend Caitlin with Tessa Campanelli. The bullet points of this love triangle are …
What Next?
I have entered a stage of life where I should be setting off, starting up, getting going with my life post-education. This is also a …