#it's just been like 15 years since i've watched degrassi

[joodeegemstone]

i watched every pre-2009 season of degrassi: tng as a teenager

i watched every season of slasher as an adult

somehow, it took me until today to realize that this is the same person:

[ladystoneboobs]

8 TV shows to get to know me better

i was tagged by @isitcasualnow. here goes.

friday night lights-i'd just always like more people to watch this to grow the fanbase, which was small enough when it was still airing. so that every season until the last two we had good reason to think it was cancelled until a last minute turnaround. a teen drama set apart bc it was anchored by two parents and that actually worked. one of the last great network tv dramas, even accounting for a weird turn in the end of s1-early s2. as a lifelong tx resident (tho not in a small town thank god) a lot of it does ring true to me, and the little things that don't used to drive me crazy. disclaimer that i have no interest in nonfictional usamerican football and every game i attended was a purely social occasion, esp since our hs team sucked.

yellowjackets-the only currently running show i am willing to hunt down unofficial ways to watch each ep right after it comes out. that's a recommendation for you when roku has made me lazy and spoiled about wanting to watch stuff on an actual tv screen. it's girls going wild lord of the flies-style and milfs doing crime, something for everyone.

the simpsons-esp the golden years in like s1-10. i still watch this pretty much every day through the beauty of syndication.

jeopardy!-another show my family has watched every day for decades. you should still be able to find some of the old alex trebek ep on youtube.

er-if fnl was one of the final new great network tv dramas, er was one of the last running with 15 seasons. i dipped sometime after s10 but came back near the end. i used to sneak out from my room to watch this show in the living room with my mom as a little kid. the first two seasons of er and the fnl boxset are the only tv i've bought on dvd. which should tell you something tho it's all kinda unusable now.

degrassi: tng-esp the original classes of '06 and '07. a cringe interest i am old enough to admit to now, having been involved in the fandom ironically back then on multiple forums where we both discussed and made fun of the show. i'm sure it still has plenty of unintentional entertainment value, and its precursors, djhs and dhs are what we have to thank for bh90210 and every usamerican teen drama that came after.

it's always sunny in philadelphia-curse the fx/hulu deal for making this harder to find elsewhere. i still remember when it was on netflix.

derry girls-only 3 seasons as uk show that's not downton abbey or midsomer murders or the like, but i've the entire run on netflix multiple times now

[cherienymphe]

Have you seen people online who talk about how euphoria showcases too much trauma and sort of argue it’s dangerous that the show exists. I was just wondering what you thought of that? I find it to be incredibly censorship-y (sorry for the made up word) and just, idk, overlooking that it is really good for a “save the children” sort of argument. I don’t know though I am biased and I don’t want to dismiss peoples feelings.

I'm 25.

So that means I grew up in the degrassi, skins, gossip girl era and I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty much desensitized to just about anything at this point. Shows like this have been around forever and we ate them tf up too while I'm sure older generations were against it then. It's a cycle and I'm definitely not saying it's okay to keep making shows like this just because it's always been a thing because once upon a time it was normalized to marry off 14 year olds do 30 something men (and still is in some places) so...

With that being said, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with making content that focuses on more traumatic and serious topics. It's mostly about how it's done and the intent about it. I don't agree with the opinion that every show about teenagers needs to be some happy go lucky show with maybe some superpowers thrown in. However, in the case of euphoria, we can't ignore things like the excessive nudity and who is actually behind this show (hiya Drake, still texting 15 year olds and feeling on 17 year olds?). That's a big factor that needs to be considered and I don't blame anybody who is turned off by that.

When it comes to the traumatic stuff it includes, I've seen both sides of the argument and honestly? I'm ultimately on the side that focuses on how real some of this stuff is. I really hope this doesn't make me sound like a bit of a bitch, but some people are just sheltered. Plain and simple. Some people have lived incredibly sheltered lives and while there isn't anything wrong with that at all, a lot of them have this attitude that because they didn't experience something, then it's not as common as people claim and that's just not true.

I went to high school in FLORIDA. Some of the things that happened at my high school makes euphoria look like Sesame Street. I've seen people in comment sections haughtily claiming that it's so unrealistic and is actually for the minority of people who experienced similar stuff in high school and then 2 comments down ill see a comment with 4.7K likes talking about how triggering the show is for them at times because it's so real to what they've gone through or seen someone else go through 🤷🏾‍♀️

There was a whole video on tiktok with every comment in agreement talking about how well Rue's drug addiction is handled and the stuff she does because it's sooo scarily accurate for them and they can't watch it. And I've seen people argue that with well just because something is common and real doesn't mean media should be made about it and that's...just...stupid to me because that 100% sounds like because something makes you personally uncomfortable you don't think it should be talked about at all and in that case...you can simply just not watch.

I've been seeing the discourse since season 1 and euphoria isn't going anywhere. I'm not saying that as a brag but merely a fact. It is popular and it stars one of the biggest young actresses of this generation. We get it, people think it should be set in college but it's not. We get it that you think it's a bit too much but that's not changing because it's become it's brand at this point. The discussions are not going to change anything. That's just the truth and I see people complain about the lack of more normal shows about teens and it's like...they are there. Y'all don't watch them 😐

I've seen it happen time and time again. People complain about the lack of interesting shows or the lack of more appropriate teen shows but when those shows are made...they flop. Producers pay attention to what y'all consume and time and time again, y'all show them what y'all actually consume despite what you say.

I would say that outer banks isn't on the same popularity level as euphoria and while it's not a "normal" teen show, it's still interesting with a good plot and teens aren't sexualized but it's not talked about as much. We had The Get Down on Netflix and honestly I don't think anybody was watching that outside of black people. I've hardly heard anybody talk about Raising Dion except for when it was first announced. People say they want more college shows and then call The Sex Lives of College Girls corny 🤷🏾‍♀️ Enough said.

That's my opinion on that matter