By: morrissey-girl

In reply to Drew Gregory. dear drew -you must must must see this. ;-D if its not streaming anywhere i strongly urge you to buy it. as mentioned a trans /non binary character who didnt die and was treated well was a miracle in the mid 90s. but beside ricky as the queer character it has so much to say about being a strong woman, female friendships., love, mixed messages between love/sex partners etc.....and jared was one of the very very few men i had a crush on back then....he never was more beautiful than there. this is an good article https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/26/my-so-called-life-claire-danes-show-that-changed-tv lena dunham cites the show as an influence too (in on the of the extras on the Girls dvd)and here https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a453953/lena-dunham-my-so-called-life-felicity-inspired-girls/ other articles https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/23/20825876/my-so-called-life-25-claire-danes https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/07/what-i-learned-from-rewatching-my-so-called-life-as-an-adult/492005/ i re reread the november 1997 issue of SPIN atm which is the "girlpower/feminist" issue, which I hold dear. pretty good articles are in there ,a good coverstory on fiona apple as well. it also reviews the show and the characters of my so called life twice on site 93 and 98+100. recommended : here :https://books.google.de/books?id=Ogux2DAvNU0C&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=spin+november+1997&source=bl&ots=S3tFByQqmF&sig=Cmlm_ugPj-GbWig-ZcIaitiYYj8&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false this isssue get a mention on dunhams lenny letters as well https://www.lennyletter.com/story/lit-thursday-the-girl-issue..