#TSLTAT

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I remember watching a commercial for the premier of The Secret Life of the American Teenager at the cinema when i was in the fifth grade. I was super excited for it to come out bc the trailer was genuinely really good. And i watched that show till the very end. It got super ridiculous but also super good, i think its the closest the US might get to Degrassi. I remember the french horn, taking the pregnancy test in the school bathroom, ashleys entire bizarre arc, Anne coming out as gay, and most of all i remember Ricky in the episode with his father. And how i had never seen a male victim of CSA. I know theres not a #tumblrfandom for secret life and there definitely wasnt one when i was watching it. And it probably would have been a mess but a part of me really wishes there had been. One of my favorite parts about consuming media is looking at it critically. And by god if secret life was a brand new show. Boy would it have meta on it. It was by no means perfect but damn was it trying to do something different. I feel very much that the books and shows ive watched have made me, even if i can barely remember them. And secret life was one of them.

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SO CUUUTEEEE I'M GONNA DIE!!!!!!