21 Times "Recess" Was Basically The Most Progressive Cartoon Ever
Keeping it real on the playground and off.
1. When Miss Grotke put a spin on some classic lit.
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2. When Gretchen was having none of this "nice guy" bullshit and called out her would-be suitor.
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3. When Miss Grotke gave students the real scoop on Thanksgiving.
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4. When Vince basically just decided to say "fuck you" to gender norms.
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5. And when Mikey wasn't going to let notions of "conventional masculinity" keep him from expressing his feelings.
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6. When Miss Grotke didn't fuck around pretending that common historical narratives are actually pure and objective.
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7. When TJ angrily decried subjective systems that place more social value on some people than others.
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8. When Miss Grotke wasn't afraid to call out the leaders of the American Revolution...
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9. ...and was NOT here for the misogyny of the Founding Fathers.
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10. When Mikey called out the exploitation of people based on subjective categorizations that claim to represent a person's worth.
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11. When the admissions counselor from a school Gretchen almost attended basically shut down narrow-minded understandings of learning and education.
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12. When Miss Grotke explained the best ways to use satire.
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13. When none of the guys in the gang gave a fuck about gendered naming conventions.
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14. When Miss Grotke taught her students about the beauty of humanity.
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15. When the school superintendent was all about supporting freedom of expression rather than controlling young people.
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16. When everyone learned the power of non-violent political protest.
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17. When TJ made known his feelings about the commercialization of such an intimate thing as love.
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18. When Miss Grotke worked to give her class feminist heroes to look up to.
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19. When Gretchen spread the truth about real leadership to King Bob.
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20. When Spinelli said a big "fuck you" to the way that gender norms affect kids.
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21. And when Miss Grokte reminded her students of what's always most important.
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