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 …
It’s a Far-From-Wonderful Glee Christmas
TV teen drama
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 …
Is Appropriate Cliché an Oxymoron?
The Older Man. It’s such a cliché, it’s no wonder my first reaction to Julie Taylor sleeping with her T.A. irked me. In fact, it …
Experiencing Tragedy
I have no idea how common it is for teens to cope with tragedy. While high school students no doubt regularly fall victim to traffic …
Maturity vs. Sexuality
Last week as I was taking the train in to Toronto I overheard a fellow passenger make the following pseudo-biological claim: “It’s natural for girls …
The Talk
Today as I sat knitting, with the Gilmore Girls as company, I was reminded of a topic I’d meant to write about a few months …
Six degrees of Rory Gilmore
I know I’m not the only one who gets a kick out of recognizing actors from one show when they pop up on a different …
Happily Every After
Last week I finally watched the fourth and final season of The O.C. This was a series I watched with my mom when I was …
Meta-pop
I’ve been debating with myself this week about whether or not to wait a couple weeks until the season finale of Awkward before working through …