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Sorry Folks, but Twilight is Actually Good
By Bailey Herdé | “Twilight’s blue-filtered emotional intensity does not indicate a failure of artistry or filmmaking; instead, it shows an acute understanding of what made the series such a resounding success in the first place.”
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Growing Up with “Scream”: A Closer Look at High School Musical 3’s Most Dramatic Song
By Katherine Clowater | “‘Scream’ is loud, dramatic, and even downright Shakespearean in its portrayal of doubt, anxiety, and the growing responsibilities of adulthood — but that’s how it feels to be a teenager.”
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Me and Jo March: Locating Queerness at Orchard House
By Anna Burnham | “When I began asserting to others that Jo March was deeply, obviously queer, I was trying to tell the people around me — I was trying to tell myself — that I was, too.”
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Analog Love in a Digital World: Re-watching ‘Before Sunrise’ 25 Years On
By Sam Nicholls | “‘Before Sunrise’ isn’t so much a celebration of the ‘analog’ generation, but of the same existence every generation faces at some point: being young, being your own person, and being in love.”
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‘Never Been Kissed,’ and Why We Still Watch High School Movies In Adulthood
By Claire White | “There is comfort in all the familiar beats and characters in a high school film, a predictability we can depend on and take in easily when adulthood is so confusing and unknowable.”
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The Roads to Maturity and Self-Discovery in ‘Whisper of the Heart’
By Miguel Galang | “There is something euphoric to finally knowing yourself a little better, especially when you’re young and growing up can feel like a race.”
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Exploring the Missing Legacy of ‘All I Wanna Do’ and other All-Girls School Movies
By Remy Solomon | “Where previous male filmmakers saw all-girls school as hotbeds for unhemmed sexuality and conniving feminine wiles, [All I Wanna Do] sees them as the key to the revolution.”
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Booksmart and the Importance of Casual Queer Representation
By Maggie Hill | “[Amy] is a reflection of a fully rounded, queer person with goals, ideas, and actions determined outside of her sexuality. [She] provides an idea for young LGBTQ+ people of who they can be and how this piece of themselves can fit into their puzzle.”
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Music, Freedom, and the Anti-Capitalism of ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’
By Isabel Crabtree | “In a world where it suddenly became clear that the rich were stealing from the livelihoods of everyday people and happiness from our parents, teenagers decided to steal a little something back.”
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The Class Character of Teen Rom-Coms
By Max Tassell | “[Not] to say that the bourgeois nature of [teen rom-coms] destroys their quality or renders them insulting, but without characters who have these “real life” experiences, the films risk alienating their audience.”
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