Sunday Night Social: Hosted by Bernie Sanders and Rickie From My So-Called Life Drag Brunching
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Rayanne from My So-Called Life Is Now a So-Called British Countess
Remember that episode of My So-Called Life when Rayanne—beautiful, free spirited Rayanne!—takes ecstasy, gets too drunk at a party, and Angela has to call her mom to take Rayanne to the hospital?! Did you ever imagine that that poor, broken, and incredibly stylish youth would go onto become a British countess? Of…
Ryan Seacrest Is 'Scared' of Julianne Hough Because of Her Epic Hulk Strength
I just totally like these people. I don't know why. I think maybe it's because of Joel McHale making fun of Ryan Seacrest on The Soup all the time, and Julianne Hough being forced to partner with Adam Carolla on DWTS? Like, he must be kind of a good sport, and she must be the most patient apple pie on earth. Am I…
Watch Tavi Gevinson Talk About My So-Called Life, Freaks and Geeks, and the Dearth of Complicated Teen Girls on TV
Rookie founder and high school student Tavi Gevinson gave a talk at a TEDxTeen event about "strong female characters," feminism, and how the narrow ways in which popular culture views women impacts teen girls, both in fiction and in real life. It's funny and astute, and Gevinson calls for more TV shows with…
Scary-Good TV: The Best Halloween Specials Ever
Halloween: The time of year when all your favorite TV characters don crazy costumes and become involved in totally nonsensical plots, just for the sake of a holiday-themed episode. I love bad television just as much as I love good — and as such here's a collection of the best/worst Halloween episodes the idiot box has…
The Televised Guide To Teen Girl Friendships
Breaking news: Teenage girls have complex friendships. I know this not because I'm a teenage girl (I'm a gay man, actually, which I guess can be sort of the same thing) but because television and film told me so.
Fat-Camp Striptease & Snack Lust On Huge
ABC Family's Huge premiered last night. Written by My So-Called Life creator Winnie Holzman — and her 24-year-old daughter, Savannah Dooley — the show introduced us to Camp Victory, where weight loss is the focus.
Four Huge Reasons To Look Forward To A Fat-Camp Show
Hairspray's Nikki Blonsky and Hayley Hasselhoff have been cast in an ABC Family TV series called Huge. This show just might be great, and here's why:
Do You Suffer From Angela Chase Syndrome?
I have a speech impediment. It is not a lisp, or a stutter, or a habit of swallowing letters or softening r's into aaahr's. I have a problem that can best be described as Angela Chase Syndrome.
Consider Yourself Dumped, Jordan Catalano
On lazy Sunday mornings, I like to hang out on the couch and have marathons of my favorite TV shows. Every Fall, I get an overwhelming urge to devote at least 8 hours to "My So Called Life", the beloved 1994 series that launched the careers of Claire Danes and Jared Leto. I don't know what it is about the fall,…
Couples Yoga Will Save Your Ailing Marriage... Or Not
The phrase "spice up your sex life" gets almost 200,000 hits on Google. We're collectively so bored with our longterm significant others that there are several industries and hundreds of self-help books that have sprouted in the chasm left by sexual frustration. The Minneapolis Star Tribune introduces us to yet…
Angela Chase: "When You Call Someone's Name, Like, Kind Of Loud And They Don't Hear You, It Makes You Feel Really Lonely."
Juno was released on DVD today, and as FourFour's Rich brilliantly points out, teenage heroine Angela Chase of My So-Called Life is the anti-Juno. While Juno reveled in her own quirkiness and established individuality — something that is rare, if not nonexistent among teens — Angela dealt with the desperation of…
Literary Ladies Look Thirty Years Younger With The Right Makeover
We always agreed with Angela Chase on My So-Called Life when she described Anne Frank as "lucky." Angela's English teacher asks her, "How could Anne Frank be lucky?" and Angela responds, "'Cause she was stuck in an attic for three years with this guy she really liked." That's the part of Anne Frank that people should…
Angela Chase Always Says Awesome Shit
When I was a sophomore in high school, and My So-Called Life was on TV, I was way wrapped up in the whole Jordan Catalano romance thing. But it wasn't until I started watching the show again on DVD (the box set, which I highly recommend) that I've gotten really into Angela's voiceovers; they're wonderful. Like this:…
Our So-Called Collective Adolescence
When I was in college, I tried writing about how much My So-Called Life meant to me for a non-fiction class. I never handed in the paper because I couldn't manage to express how dreadfully important Angela Chase was to my coming of age without sounding kind of insane or aggressively sentimental. How could I describe…
