Category Archives: talkinboutmygeneration

I Don’t Wanna Wait

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

TV Surveillance: Dawson’s Creek by Cory Barker, November 10, 2010 Perhaps more so than any other genre, teen dramas exist in a very specific moment that can tell us things about the how, what, when, where and why they came to … Continue reading →

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Teenagers, a late-90s obsession

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

Desperate to Seem 16 by Lynn Hirschberg, New York Times, September 5, 1999 The most popular actresses on television today are very young and brunet. There is Katie Holmes, who stars as a high-schooler on “Dawson’s Creek,” and Jennifer Love … Continue reading →

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Where’s the next generation of Buffys?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

We need more vampire slayers – just not more Buffys by Charlie Jane Anders, io9.com, November 29, 2010 Warner Bros. had half the right idea with their Buffy the Vampire Slayer remake. It’s about time somebody picked up the baton Joss Whedon dropped … Continue reading →

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Girl Power, A History

Posted on November 14, 2010 by

Pop Tarts! The epic story of the rise and fall of Britney, Christina, Mandy, and the rest of the pop princesses The Daily Book Beast, February 15, 2010 Excerpt from Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music by Marisa Meltzer By … Continue reading →

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