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4 TV Shows With Female Leads That Helped Shape Who I Am

The four TV series that accurately describe what it's like to grow up as a young woman.

Sage See
Apr 03, 2017
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We all grew up watching our own idols, role models, and girl crushes on TV. These four TV shows not only accurately describe the different stages of your life as a girl, but they shaped me into who I am today.

1. Lizzie McGuire

Lizzie showed us the surprisingly accurate, inner voice we all had growing up with classic mean girls like Kate and about our classic Ethan Craft crush. I didn't personally have a little brother, but the relationship she had with Matt depicted any brother-sister relationship I ran into at my friend's house. Lizzie thought her parents were "lame" and could barely tell her mom she wanted a bra. Every elementary school girl looked up to Lizzie and saw how "awesome" middle school looked.

2. Hannah Montana


Hannah gave all us average, everyday girl the hope that one day, we could be a star. She had her dorky brother Jackson, who annoyed all of us but we loved him anyway. She made high school look even better than middle school. She had her boyfriend Jake, who she kissed and told and everyone had her in the spotlight with. Even though her mom was dead, she would always imagine telling her everything and had all of us with a mom feel just a little more grateful we had her around.

3. Gilmore Girls

Lorelai and Rory showed us the unconditional love a mother and daughter share as you get older. They show everything from an extremely dysfunctional family, the brutal reality of being a single mom, and everything from Rory's first kiss to her first time having sex. Though we don't actually see her having sex, it's only implied, we get a look at what it's like to truly mature as a woman, and to have your mom along side for it.

4. Girls

"Girls" is basically "Gilmore Girls" on steroids. Hannah and all her flamboyant friends make you laugh all night and are something you can totally relate to as a young woman. Even though these characters are out of college, it still hits home for all of us average college girls. Marnie's financial struggles, Shoshanna's crazy journey to Japan and blossoming to who she is, Hannah's crazy journey as a writer, Jessa's "easy going" hippy free spirit, and Elijah's journey as a very open gay male. Sex, drugs, dysfunctional, it's all there in the open and it's hilarious. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend, considering the series only has three more episodes before the finale.


The next real question is, what will be the next series that represents the next stage of my life? Since Girls is coming to an end I'm going to have a black hole of what I'm going to watch next!

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