How this works: I run a random number generator to pick an episode. I watch the episode. I fill in the gaps. Random Number: 65 Episode: “You Had Me At Goodbye” As I watched this episode, I really tried to find each character’s trajectory and the driving forces that brought them all together. There is … Continue reading »
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I Love You, Man: Pacey and Dawson
Verbose and seriously flawed: these words describe both Dawson Leery and Pacey Witter of the famed nineties teen drama, Dawson’s Creek. As a sixth grader, with no life clearly, watching Dawson’s Creek every weekday during the summertime for a whopping two-hour block of drama dripping with overly loquacious teens instilled in me the idea that … Continue reading »
How Dawson’s Creek Almost Got a Clue
For those of you who missed the 90s, Dawson’s Creek is your typical teen soap concerned with sexual awakening, divorce, homosexuality, and other issues real teens face. On the surface, it looks to be nothing more than the type of mindless TV any 15-year-old girl in 1996 would spend hours watching in her parent’s basement … Continue reading »
Interview: Freelancer Lindsey Bahr
Lindsey has written for The Atlantic, The Hairpin, and Splitsider, among others. We talked to her about MPDGs and her career as a freelancer. Some good advice right here for those of us trying to make writing on the internet a thing that can actually pay the bills. You can check out her work here and follow … Continue reading »
Dude, You Seriously Need to Watch ‘Bunheads’
[Foster’s Michelle and Bishop’s Fanny. At a bar.] In case you pirate literally everything and you haven’t seen any of the ads for it yet, Amy Sherman-Palladino has a new show. No, another new show (sorry, Jezebel James). I’ll skip the part about Gilmore Girls and how much I love it and get right to the goods. … Continue reading »