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27 December 2009 @ 11:12 am
"In this world, there is a kind of painful progress.
Longing for what we’ve left behind and dreaming ahead."
Angels In America

In the last decade, I graduated from high school and college, I kissed a few good people of a few genders, I went to Europe and South Korea and the Caribbean (reluctantly) and even Canada a couple times. I moved to Ohio and then to Oregon. I fell in and out of love. I made a lot of mistakes. I learned a lot, more than I knew I could. I actually found things I cared to stand up for and stood up for them. I grew up, a lot. Thirteen to twenty-three, baby. I like to think that I'm leaving this decade braver than I came into it. (Now I'm a little bit older, a little bit bolder, never so shy . . . .) Here's to a whole new decade.

2009 in review. )

 
 
I've been threatening to make a post about Glee for a long time. I suppose this is it. First of all, here is a confession: I love Glee. I have so many problems with the show and yet it brings me a lot of undeniable joy, so I'm just stating that right here. I should also note that I'm going to use examples from episodes 1x1 to 1x13, so this will be full of spoilers for those who want to avoid that sort of thing.

A picture of five Glee members with main white characters Finn and Rachel in the forefront while Tina and Mercedes and Kurt dance in the background

There's nothing ironic about oppression . . . )

Also, every time I hear the words "New Directions," which I guess is their name, all I think of is But I'm A Cheerleader. Wonder if that was intentional. It might speak a lot to what Glee hopes it's doing, or thinks it's doing, being both a fantasy version of real life issues and evoking exaggerated stereotypes and sexism/homophobia, but . . . as far as I'm concerned, maybe you need to check back, Glee, because there is a huge difference between what you are doing and what But I'm A Cheerleader did.

Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot, I meant to talk about Glee compared to Arrested Development, but now I am too tired and muddled. Maybe next half of the season.

 
 
 
 

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