On being a girl, now a woman: MTV's Daria

The Take, 6/21/22; Kelly Ani, Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

What Daria says about the 1990s (and today)

(The Take) Mike Judge's "Daria Morgendorffer" made it cool to be a wry and cynical loner. This teen girl who didn’t care about popularity or trends was the picture-perfect example of ‘90s alienation. She was a surprising character for a channel that often sold brash, extroverted, or overtly sexualized versions of womanhood during that same period.

What if Daria were around today, might she be just like Drugstore June?

• 00:00 Daria IS the 90s
• 01:57 How Daria views the world
• 08:24 MUBI
• 09:03 Why Daria perfectly captures the 90s
• 16:20 Daria's influences both past and present
• 18:25 Why Daria is still beloved today

Years later, Daria still resonates with anyone who’s ever questioned whether the problem is you or the system you’re living in – and it can help us understand cultural changes that were happening back in the 1990s.

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