Oh baby it is time for another big old slapdash post dump. What we've got here is Pen15, a show on Hulu whose title is, of course, an exact reference to that old terrible middle school gag we all enjoyed a time or two way back when.
This is a show created by two 30-year old women who play younger versions of themselves. It's set in seventh grade in the year 2000, and oh man does it it just fucking nail so, so many of the most cringeworthy fads and trends and mannerisms. Kudos to Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle not only for physically recreating and acting out some of their own most awkward memories - that's some hashtag bravery for you, folks - but also for recreating the whole time period so well. There's an entire episode devoted to spending half an hour on AIM that gave me just the worst second-hand embarrassment. Anyway, it's worth checking out and a second season has been confirmed.
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