Wow. The bra episode is so important. The girls decide they need bras, see other girls getting them and figure it's necessary for maturing into adults. The rite of passage is clear: those who have gone through it are different
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They don't wanna go shopping with Mom though! That's embarrassing, the shame would be too much. They (unsuccessfully) try to lie, to renounce childhood and say they're adults who can manage alone. You can't rush maturity, and renouncing youth does not lead to healthy adulthood
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She goes with them, embarrasses them and they tell her to get lost! She's hurt, but has forgotten what it was like to go through this herself. Once alone though, the girls realize they don't know what they're looking for...
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Without the intergenerational collaboration, the elder is lonely and the youth are lost. The youth need the elder to pass on her knowledge, but in a way that respects the agency and boundaries of the youth.
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Reunited with new understanding of their roles, the rite is completed, the youth enter a new era and the lineage marches on :) The whole tribe benefits from elders who feel needed and youth who feel supported and prepared to face the world!
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A whole episode on conformity and contrariness! Gordo likes to do what others aren't: he's a nonconfirmist and has some strong words for the "trendoids" who just ride bandwagons
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This term, trendoids, so good
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He gets into Rat Pack tunes and 40s lounge vibes, and it catches on... suddenly he's not so interested. Out of spite, he goes off and takes up as obscure a hobby as he can find. He hates it! But he refuses to have fun at the Rat Pack dance with the herd of trend-followers.
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He learns his lesson: being a non-conformist is about doing what you like without feeling social obligation, not about strictly avoiding doing anything others also like. The shadow of contrarianism: rejection of your own preferences for the sake of being different
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Do what you like!
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