A HuffPost series on the pop culture that unlocked something in us, helped us fit in, taught us something or became an entry point to something bigger.
I related to Tess McGill as I struggled in a high-powered world that would eventually shut me out.
"Seeing 'This Is 40' that night wasn’t the romantic date night I was hoping for, but it ended up being an important wake-up call."
"When 'Gilmore Girls' premiered, I reveled in the fact that I already had the Lorelai to my Rory."
The Hulu series offers a representation that often goes unnoticed.
Though the Ryan Murphy series ended 10 years ago, I'm still learning lessons from it.
Lorelai Gilmore, Clair Huxtable, and other mothers and maternal figures offered impactful lessons onscreen and off.
"I laughed — out loud — for the first time in weeks. I had forgotten that I still knew how."
The "White Lotus" star opened up about being bullied for her smile, which is something I also experienced for most of my life.
The 2005 teen sports dramedy starring Michelle Trachtenberg helped millennial girls find the confidence they needed.
The 1996 Nickelodeon coming-of-age film showed what it looked like for young girls to try to understand the world around them.
The CBS comedy-drama showcases a moving and relatable connection between Elsbeth Tascioni and Officer Kaya Blanke.
After the Los Angeles wildfires, the award show was the healing experience I didn't know I needed.
"At that moment, and I’m sure many women felt this way, it was as though she was talking directly to me."
As a parent, movies like “Mary Poppins” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” offer a different perspective.
This tabletop role-playing game is changing more lives than ever. It could change yours, too.
Held up next to the recent Netflix film “Time Cut,” “Sleepover” shows its age but takes me back to the person I once was.
I grew up on the pop icon's songs and ballads. But her later and braver lyrics about trauma resonated with me the most.
A new version of "Matlock." "Perry Mason" reruns. Why is nostalgia taking over my TV watching habits?
The "Grey's Anatomy" surgeon is known for exhausting every option when it comes to finding a way to heal — and that's how all doctors should be.
I was raised by three mothers — and the reality TV series became a surprising touchstone for my relationships.
The Fox show now reads as one unnecessary trauma dump after another.
The hit Apple TV+ series could return for Season 4, and it couldn't come at a better time.
"It horrified me that a person whose art had helped me during dark times was not offered the grace and compassion she needed during her own."
I couldn’t understand the message of Alice Walker’s work until I grew into Black womanhood.
Introducing a new HuffPost series on the pop culture that unlocked something in us, helped us fit in, taught us something or became an entry point to something bigger.
I related to Tess McGill as I struggled in a high-powered world that would eventually shut me out.
The landmark comedy about a fictional spy was integral to my story and the kind of shows I want to make.
“I had spent my entire life dwelling so intensely in my imagination that it started becoming an unhelpful coping mechanism.”
"I was leading a double life as an American at school and a Greek in the evenings and on weekends."
The Hulu series offers a representation that often goes unnoticed.
Twenty years after its release, "The Lizzie McGuire" actor's debut album still speaks to the inner teen in these women.
"In my father's absence, I needed to see Black men caring for their families, protecting them, showing up, dancing with their grandchildren at family reunions."
"Mary Richards lived alone, shopped alone, slept alone. And she was fine, fulfilled and even happy."
Over Thanksgiving dinner, my stoic dad recalled an experience that explained so much about his love.
"Like many queer men before me, 'The Wizard of Oz' became a life raft."
“I expected a lot of things when I started the novel … but I didn’t think it would feel culturally relevant in 2023.”
"Her songs spoke to me about my own life in a language I instantly understood. It was like every light in every gloomy room in my body suddenly came on."