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Rightlywriting (10 KP) rated The Breakfast Club (1985) in Movies

Aug 19, 2017  
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
1985 | Comedy, Drama
6
8.5 (98 Ratings)
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80s brat pack stars (0 more)
A little boring and slow in parts (0 more)
Dramatic vintage teen flick
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They did a good job at portraying all of the types and attitudes of highschoolers during the 80s. As an 80s teen myself, I enjoyed this movie back then as I could identify with the kids portrayed - the rich girl who thought she was above everyone, the smoker, the geek, the jock, and the introvert (I was a geeky introvrrt). Too bad kids in real life from different backgrounds can't figure out how much alike they really are behind their facades the way they do by the end of the movie. My teen daughter in 2009 enjoyed this movie too so I guess today's teens aren't much different. Would be a good movie to show teens in school to show how they can be friends and get along if they put their differences and prejudices aside.
  
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Jessica Erdas (463 KP) rated Making the Run in Books

May 16, 2018  
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Making the Run
Heather Henson | 2003
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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This book was absolutely amazing. It touched me in a way a book hadn't in years. The characters are so real that you feel as if you know them. I'm surprised that more people haven't heard of this book and it's hard to find on many sites. It's great for anyone in their teens or up. I'd love to find a copy to reread from time to time.
  
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Cori June (3033 KP) rated Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) in Movies

Feb 7, 2020 (Updated Feb 7, 2020)  
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Family
9
7.3 (29 Ratings)
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This is a fun family film (0 more)
This is a fun family film. It did a respectable take on keeping with the show and growing so that parents and teens could enjoy this as well. The actors did a great job. It was hokey and fun. If you didn't grow up with the show or watched it with younger siblings/children you aren't lost in in-jokes. Highly recommend.
  
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Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages in Books

May 23, 2019  
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
Malinda Lo, Robin Talley, Anna-Marie McLemore | 2018 | LGBTQ+, Young Adult (YA)
8
7.0 (2 Ratings)
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I have no explanation for why young adult story anthologies are SO. GOOD. But they are. This particular one revolves around queer teens in historical times. That's about the only commonality; the genres vary from normal fiction to fantasy to magical realism. There are gay, lesbian, transgender, and asexual teens represented. I am a little annoyed that there don't seem to be any bisexual teens in the anthology; it could be argued that at least one if not more are bi simply because they had opposite-sex relationships before the same-sex romance in the story, but that's also common before realizing your sexuality/coming out. No one is explicitly bisexual in this book. There were also two transmen but no transwomen.

There was a decent amount of cultural diversity while remaining mostly centered in the US; Chinatown in 1950s San Francisco, 1870s Mexico, Colonial New England, 1930s Hispanic New Mexico, Robin Hood-era Britain.

The stories were really good, I just wish they'd included a bisexual story and a transwoman. They did have an asexual girl, which is a sexuality often overlooked, so that was nice.

It's a great collection of stories, just limited in scope. They could have cut a few F/F stories and added in bisexual, nonbinary, and transwomen, and lived up to the open umbrella of the "queer" label a bit more. I really enjoyed it, I think I'm just a little disappointed because I was expecting more of the spectrum.