As a young adult, my two favorite shows aired at the same time. In the dark days before DVRs or streaming, this meant a lot of toggling between channels during commercial breaks. Both shows had their issues, as it turned out. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" boosted nearly as many racist, sexist and homophobic jokes as monsters. Its competition, "Gilmore Girls," ignored issues of class while doing terribly with queer issues and characters of color.
"Ginny & Georgia," now returning for its second season on Netflix, caught my interest immediately. The show was billed as like "Gilmore Girls"— where the two main characters start as a 16-year-old and her mom who had her at 16 — but a story that shows what it's really like to have a teen mom. I'm friends with adults who were born into similar circumstances, and in high school, some classmates became parents at that young age. It wasn't like "Ginny & Georgia" for any of them.
