Shawn and Angela

I 愛 the sitcom Boy Meets World, its characters, jokes, and sometimes quite wacky storylines. I do have to note, however, that its moral messages can be a bit immoral によって my standards. One example is the sexism in the first season episode “On the Fence”, about 11-year-old Cory coming to appreciate the work his father, Alan, does to take care of the family. While a nice sentiment, it blatantly ignores the equal work put in によって his mother, Amy, whose contributions are accepted as the default of housewives and therefore not as special as the breadwinning father.

The episode opens with Cory...

It’s been an unfathomable 20 years since Cory Matthews first met Topanga Lawrence and ’90s kids fell in 愛 with a simple teen comedy. Two decades later, why are we still so obsessed with ‘Boy Meets World’?

Mention Boy Meets World to a certain set of people and watch an almost unmanageable swell of joy light up their eyes.

These are the people who not only remember what a Tamagotchi is, but also are still haunted によって the time they neglected to feed it while they were at the mall and the poor digital creature died. These are the people who remember what a Furby is ... and remember chucking...