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1972, Revisited: Dick’s Feminist Reinterpretation of the Watergate Scandal
By Charlotte Turner | “Dick reimagines the national memory of Watergate through a feminist lens by making teenage girls the heroes of the story.”
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Opening Yourself Up to Joy: ‘Glee’ and Don’t Stop Believin’ (Part One)
By Rachel Malstrom | “[Glee] is a show with its own profound thesis statement … which is never more evident than in the song ‘Don’t Stop Believin’.’
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Good or Bad, ‘Happiest Season’ is the Christmas Movie I Needed Growing Up (And Now)
By Nicole Watlington | “I’m confident two women can have a happy ending both in fiction and in real life especially in scenarios that include: Christmas lights, hot chocolate, gingerbread cookies, and coquito.”
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‘Eighth Grade’ and Puberty with a Divorced Single Dad
By Francesca Hughes | “Many teen films either depict fathers as absent, unfaithful, or grieving widowers struggling to parent. This trope felt alien to me as a girl raised by a divorced single dad.”
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‘Selena’ and the Nostalgia of Language
By Orlando Mendiola | “My first experience with grief was when I was around six years old and my parents had to tell me that Selena, the Tejano singer, was dead.”
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Why ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’ Is Still A UK Teen Cult Classic
By Emily Shepherd | “Cringy parents, embarrassing crush encounters and crazy best friends – the perfect recipe for an iconic romcom. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) is the Bridget Jones (2001) of teen romcoms.”
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‘Kajillionaire’ Is A Searing, but Hopeful, Portrait of Parental Neglect
By Kathy Li | “‘Kajillionaire’ makes the case that the scars of parental neglect, invisible as they may be, are no less formative, or less deeply felt, than any other kind of heartbreak.”
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How ‘When Marnie Was There’ Captures Adolescent Depression
By Megan Robinson | “Another person cannot cure depression, plain and simple. But in Marnie, Anna finds a listening ear, someone willing to ease her out of her comfort zone, and just talk with her.”
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Satanic Cannibal Witches: How The ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ creates its own brand of Satanism
By Elliott Ryan | “Witches in media are experiencing a renaissance. They kill, resurrect, eat flesh. And most importantly, they determine their own narratives.”
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“The Calls Are Coming From The House!”: A ‘Black Christmas Retrospective’
By Jamie Tram | “Black Christmas (1974) carved out its own niche by grounding the subgenre in the lives of young women beset by emerging adulthood.”
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