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Smartboy,

Why are you saying mean things about me? I've never said anything nasty about you. This is like that episode where Blair was mean to Jo & called Natalie a morbidly obese strumpet!

I am finding this very hard to believe! It has been weeks since I have posted anything on this site and and I would have thought that the novelty of having fun at my expence would have worn off by now. However, some looser still got the urge to post a message under my pen name on this very day! Go figure!

F*ck Chester!!!

Let's see if we can untangle all this show had to offer based on the theme song; this is for season 2 until the end--the season 1 theme was different, and short-lived:

You take the good, you take the bad,
you take them both and there you have
The facts of life, the facts of life.


Hmm, not much there. Kinda drivel. Let's keep going:

There’s a time you got to go and show
You’re growin’ now you know about the facts of life,
The facts of life.


Whaa? Try to say that fast 3 times...

When the world never seems to be livin up to your dreams
And suddenly you’re finding out
The facts of life are all about you, you.


Let's see--you are morbidly obese & you date the hottest guys? You are a minor & you live with some old, incompetent woman who can't track your comings & goings? Sounds like life is pretty sweet, as opposed to not living up to your stupid dreams...

It takes a lot to get ‘em right
When you’re learning the facts of life. (learning the facts of life)
Learning the facts of life (learning the facts of life)
Learning the facts of life.

Oy vey, I give up....

Loved this as a kid...as an adult watching episodes on youtube, I realize how unrealistic and unfunny this show is. It's basically a bunch of crap and alot of little girls actually bought into this. I remember kids, including myself, wanted to live in a big house with their friends and a flighty old woman rather that with their parents. At least shows out there now are more realistic...and I'd much rather watch a marathon of "Two and a Half Men" or "How I Met Your Mother" over any episode of this pile of sh*t anyday! Heck, I'd even take any episode of "The Hills" over this!

this show did just the opposite for me
i liked watching it but it made me happy i didn't have any female friends and all my friends were male
because girls are too catty and dramatic

This show was good but after a while it made me feel bad about only having all male friends.

This show wasn't what I would consider a step forward towards true feminism and female empowerment. Firt off in the very first season most of the girls were running around in skimpy little outfits even when it was supposed to be winter. The other thing was all the really attractive girls (Blaire, Sue Anne, Tootie and Nancy) were basically giggling, boy-crazy bimbos and all of the considerable unattractive girls were either lezzie tomboys (Cindy) or hardcore feminist (Molly) or just plain going for the big laughs (Natalie). Even in the later seasons, when Jo came on, they'd touch on feminist issues like sexual assault and Jo being her boyfriend's boss, but aside from Jo, the other girls were just idealized versions of femininity. Then by the later seasons, even though they were professional women, they still lived for their men. Not exactly teaching girls a good lesson here. And of course they just had to rope in good old George Clooney as the "healthy dose of testosterone" didn't they?! This show could have had so much potential to feature real women, strong women, independent women who didn't need men for anything. If you ask me, none of them should have even gotten involved with men in the first place.

Donna,

I would agree with you and would underscore your notion that they should have had Tracy Chapman. "Fast Cars" was the best song of the 80s.

However, the producers chose Stacey Q--horrible decision. Another horrible decision: insisting that the unattractive girls hook up with super-hot guys. It would have been much better to have so-so girls hook up with so-so guys; as it was, the show sent the message that it's OK to be superficial as a girl, desiring the hot guy, as long as the fella is deep, loving the girl for her "inner qualities." Total double standard.

I happen to lurvs the Facts of Life! My favorite show ever! So sad it is never on TV anymore! But I get to see it on YouTube and Joost! Still though this show should be on TV in reruns because alot of shows out there now are sending out negative messages to teenage girls and young women especially shows like Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill as well as media wh*res like Paris Hilton and Miley Cyrus. After watching the episodes of Facts of Life on my computer I hang my head in shame at all of the shows that have come out within the last two decades - shows all about sex and violence. Not to mention that all the women on these shows are a size-zero. Just look at the girls on Friends! Those women could stand to eat a sandwhich once in a while. On Facts of Life none of the lead girls were even close to being a size-zero and despite being criticized for their weight I loved that these girls had some meat on their bones. This show dealt with other topics besides sex, whereas shows like Friends and Seinfeld and all the poop on TV now, this show dealt with real issues: body image, self esteem, teen pregnancy (without glamourizing it), eating disorders, abusive relationships, breast cancer, sexual assault, women's rights, ect...and the only times sex was covered on this show was to teach us a lesson on what the consequences are (in contrast to shows like Friends and Gossip Girl where people are just treating it like a recreational sport). However, I do agree on the Stacy Q thing, because she was way too skinny and a bit of an airhead. I know they were trying to promote her and all, but why couldn't they have gotten like Tracy Chapmen or Suzanne Vega? Aside from that, I truly love this show and wish the rest of it would come out on DVD.

I am sure that the FBI has more important things to do than look out for me! Although I am quite a guy and they could get a lot out of knowing me!

Hey Smartboy, your ramblings:

I decided to watch the episode through my computer just for the heck of it. Through the duration of this episode, Katie was wearing a very snug pair of jeans and Julie had on slacks. I would consider those two sexy rears very nice eye candy! On top of this, when Katie was ready to leave, she gave Julie a rubber duck that her mother had given her when she was a little girl. Julie said that it was cute. Katie responded with, "so are you"! Like usual, I was very filled up by the sense of female bonding!

Let's see--you are turned on that much by young girls? I hope the FBI is paying attention. You, my friend, have "issues."

I found it odd that the "role model" for a series that allegedly empowered women was the minimally talented Stacey Q. According to Ms. Q, women succeed when:

a) They appear anorexic
b) They dress like sluts
c) They have the brains of a flea
d) They have more fake blond hair than Barbie

That's progress? And given her stick figure, she looked like a match amongst the Sequoias.

Jo was a man.

There have been a tremendous number of redactions to this site lately. I question the list masters on what they take out & what they allow to remain, but I guess that's just me. It's their site & they're gonna censor it however they please, rules notwithstanding.

Nevertheless, I am glad we scared Aaron off--it is now a much better site.