Comments on: They tried that in the 90′s

By: Clai

Clai — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:21:59 +0000

Have you not heard of the show skins? It’s English and a realistic show about teens.

By: Talking on a Thursday « Susana Mai

Talking on a Thursday « Susana Mai — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:02:37 +0000

[...] this show My So-Called Life after reading a post on a feminist website that is focused on teens, fbomb, which is, actually, an amazing show. The protagonist, Angela, is so endearing, so quirky, and just [...]

By: Susana Mai

Susana Mai — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:08:45 +0000

I completely agree, Gossip Girl is anything but a NYC teen’s life (after all, I’m one myself and O have no idea what they’re talking about). But at the same time, it’s entertaining, which makes it all the more unfortunate that it doesn’t accurately portray the way girls really act. After all, can’t real girls and their lives be entertaining too?

By: Lolita Hazed

Lolita Hazed — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:23:13 +0000

Buffy, for all its supernaturalness, is still really relatable– I see a little of myself in almost every member of the Scooby Gang. But you know what TV show I think got closest to my high school experience? Saved by the Bell. For the most part, these kids are just totally innocent, nothing super big goes down, but the darker issues that do come up on occasion in real life are not ignored.

I kinda want that sort of show back.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:55:11 +0000

My mom even used to watch Freaks and Geeks, and she would have been in her mid-30s when it was on TV.

I like Gossip Girl, but really only because of the clothes. While the girls are pretty and kind of superficial, I think they could be considered strong female characters. The lead character, Blair, had high ambitions and planned on going to Yale. She broke up with her boyfriend after realizing he wasn’t right for her. Vanessa’s an activist. I think it just depends on how you look at it.

By: Zow

Zow — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:09:16 +0000

I LOVEEEE both of these shows. I watched My So Called Life last summer and I rewatched Freaks and Geeks this summer. I absolutely love Freaks and Geeks (James Franco was a great bonus). And they really do show a more honest side to a teenager’s life. I wish both of these seasons would’ve gone further.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:44:53 +0000

I just finished watching the entire season of “Freaks and Geeks” and it’s so good! I can’t understand why it got cancelled. It was so honest about teenage awkwardness, and how most times teenagers TRY to act like the cast of “Gossip Girl” and throw lavish parties, they usually don’t pan out neatly. Teenage life is gritty, but not always in an “I’m rich, white, and drink cocktails at the parties I go to” type of way.

By: tink

tink — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:31:16 +0000

Hey, what’s wrong with 30 Seconds to Mars?

By: Bruna

Bruna — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:01:50 +0000

Well, what about Buffy?
Which was, at least in the first seasons, “highschool as a Horror movie”, according to Joss Whedon (Joss-why-aren´t-you-asking-a-hundred-other-guys-why-they-DON´T-create-strong-women-characters-Whedon)…
I often feel that some shows take themselves too seriously and end up slaping their audiences in the face with REAL!TEEN!DRAMA!!1!!1, which tends to be quite boring and superficial at best.
Add a lot of sparkling stuff the audience can buy and you have Gossip Girl xP

By: Alex Catgirl

Alex Catgirl — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:31:45 +0000

It’s a perspective issue, you relate more with the people in freaks and geeks or my so called life, I relate more to gossip girl’s crew, neither one of us is right or wrong. TV, movies, books, etc never paint an accurate portrayal of any group as it would be boring as hell and nobody would read/watch them.