ABSTRACT

These song lyrics from an episode of the much watched U.S. television show, Popular, which depicts the lives of high school teens, indicate the extent to which teen sexuality is discussed and portrayed in mainstream media. In this episode, which aired in April 2000, one of the main characters fears she may be pregnant. During one scene, when the young, Caucasian fifteen-year-old is sitting in class worrying about whether she is pregnant, she imagines a black female singing group, modeled after the Supremes, singing the above.