by: Michaela Mahoney Adolescence is a very awkward and uncomfortable time for most people. As we’ve been talking about in class, it can be hard for many adolescents to feel comfortable in their own skin and with who they are becoming. A lot of adolescence is spent in uncertainty, not knowing who we are, what’s … Continue reading Big Mouth and Big Insecurities →

Vincent Peebles I immediately clocked Lundin's Ship It! after, or rather while, reading the first twelve chapters—I knew how it ends, and I knew that, if I had a choice, I wouldn't read it. This in itself isn't special or particular to fan culture. Speed reading in all of its various forms is, of course, a … Continue reading Aggressive Fandom; Atomized Fandom →

Ashley Divens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3-PumyjoI Over the course of the semester, we have discussed how music impacts friendship. This discussion arose while talking about Lewis and George in “If I Ever Get Out of Here”. From the outside, George and Lewis do not seem like two people who would become friends. George is white and middle class, … Continue reading The Strength of “Come On Eileen” →

Picture this: you’re at your favorite artist’s concert and you’re screaming the lyrics at the top of your lungs with everyone around you, you’re having the time of your life. I’m sure we’ve all had an experience like this and you may have possibly even met some of your friends this way. Music has this … Continue reading The Power of Music →

Jayne Juffe Out of all the characters we read about, I related to Lewis’s love for Paul McCartney. That does not mean that I did not relate to being a woman of colour like Esperanza or being a huge nerd for pop culture like Claire, but it was the love for both the person and … Continue reading My Totally Normal Obsession With George Harrison →

Grace Campbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLU58Adtd4 (0:43-1:47) On July 22, 2017 MTV uploaded an interview featuring the cast of Supergirl, unintentionally sparking backlash for their comments on a ship involving two women. When asked to recap the previous season through song the actors quickly use their time to reject the validity of a popular ship known as “SuperCorp;” … Continue reading Queer baiting and Ship It →

By Jordan Allen In If I Ever Get Out of Here, Eric Gansworth develops the character of Lewis Blake over the course of the novel to grow from being afraid to show his true roots to George to finally breaking out of that shell and accepting who he truly is and that George is going … Continue reading The House That Built Me is The Reason I Changed →

After our discussion on the genre of fanfiction, I was a little nervous to enter the realm of “fanfiction.net” among the general public of Hillman library. What if one of my peers glanced at my screen and saw me see scrolling through online gay erotica? But my research had to be completed so I dimmed … Continue reading Sorry brunetteandblond, JJ and Prentiss are not gay! →

Sydney Dominick Trust Your Elders? Four teenagers and their lovable dog, roaming around their town looking to solve mysteries and maybe eat along the way. That is the basic premise for the much-loved T.V. show, Scooby Doo Where are You. The show, which began in 1969 and is currently still producing episodes and movies, is … Continue reading Trust Your Elders? →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0DfsCzfq4   Throughout the course, we have read various accounts of adolescence. On the surface, every piece of literature connects through the common thread of adolescent protagonists; however, each of these works connects on a much deeper level, due to the ways in which the societal positions of each protagonist ultimately affects each protagonist’s experience … Continue reading The Typical, Not-So-Typical Adolescent Experience →