Blurbal Perspective

There aren't many shows on TV that have a beautiful storyline and an amazing cast. For two seasons, we had that in "Chasing Life." Chasing Life is a show about a young lady (April) who finds out she has cancer. We watch as this April juggles her work life, family life, personal life, and cancer treatments.  ABC Family recently aired the season two finale, which left viewers with a sh*t ton of unanswered questions. A few days later, they up and cancel the show. The reasoning behind canceling the series? They want to make room for reality TV and Nicki Minaj. Seriously. I don't know what is in the water over at ABC Family HQ, but canceling a good show in order to back trashy shows and trashy wanna-be rappers is just bad business. If we wanted to watch trashy reality shows and bad entertainers, we'd watch E! and MTV. Chasing Life was the best show ABC Family had (Yes, even better than Pretty Little Liars). I have been paying close attention to social media, and ...

photo credit: The Advocate Monday night, history was made. For the first time ever, an influential TV show portrayed something that many GLBTQ teens experience: first kisses. We are all used to seeing first kisses between teenage boys and girls, but never has a show portrayed a first kiss between two 13 year old male characters before. Jude and Connor's relationship has grown over the past 3 seasons. We watched Jude (Hayden Byerly) and Connor (Gavin MacIntosh) bond over blue nail polish, and grow closer in their feelings for each other. Unfortunately, our world is still not okay with teenagers questioning their sexuality. Connor's father, who has a distaste for the gay community, has influenced his son to believe that being gay is wrong. Jude, on the other hand, while he is still questioning who he is, he isn't ashamed of what he feels. Connor tries to please his dad by going out with girls, but deep down, he is thinking about Jude. On Monday night's episode, C...