Author: Lauren Curry

Lauren Curry is a twenty-something writer living in Washington, DC with an interest in sarcasm and a debatably unhealthy obsession with television. In her spare time, she enjoys taking pictures, spending too much money on shoes, and crying over fictional relationships. Twitter handle: @lcurry789 Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/lcurry789

6 Reasons You Haven't Quite Healed From Your Recent Breakup

It doesn’t matter how amicably you and your former love interest parted ways–breakups are always the worst. At one point or another, we’ve all spent time pining over lost love, and wasting what little time we have dwelling on everything that went wrong in a once promising relationship. Was there something we could have done to prevent it? Absolutely not. But we ask ourselves that question ad nauseum regardless. The truth is, some of us take years to heal from a particularly traumatic breakup, and if you and your ex shared a serious relationship, the period you each spend mourning the loss will be compounded.

Of course, even if you think you should be a little further along in the healing process, you may be unintentionally setting yourself back a few months without even realizing it. Here’s why:

  1. You’re Still Contacting Your Ex

    Even if he or she has been texting or calling you first, if you still feel compelled to respond, you’re part of the problem. You need to set some strict rules directly following a breakup: no contact until you’re both ready to be “friends,” and a total understanding of the fact that that may not occur. You might never be able to talk to your ex in a platonic way, and neither of you should expect to go back to the way things were before you dated. Relationships change the way you see each other, and it’s hard to think of the person you once loved as someone less special. As hard as it might be, it’s time to stop communicating until you’re fully ready.

  2. You Look for Any Excuse to Talk About Your Ex

    Do you bait your mutual friends and acquaintances hoping they’ll catch on and divulge all the details of your ex’s life spent without you? Do you still bring up him or her in every mundane conversation? If all your discussions are still centered around your ex and your recent breakup, your mindset is, too.

  3. You “Stalk” His or Her Social Media Profiles

    Do you spend the majority of your free time scrolling through her Facebook posts and mentions on Twitter? Did you spend your lunch break at work 50 weeks back on his Instagram? Are you still “following” her on Tumblr and reblogging her posts? You need to cut yourself off, because this constant immersion in your ex’s online presence isn’t doing you any favors. There’s a very big difference between longing and obsession, and you’ve officially crossed the line.

  4. You Aren’t Looking to Date Anyone Else

    Sometimes, the quickest way to get over an ex is to find someone new, but if you’ve permanently removed yourself from the dating scene, you’re never going to get over that breakup. You deserve an attractive distraction. It doesn’t have to be serious, but it does have to be fun and enlightening. Holding an eternal flame for the ex is not a good look, and it isn’t helping you heal.

  5. Your Friends and Relatives Are Afraid to Mention the Breakup

    If you’re starting to feel like your nearest and dearest are walking on eggshells around you, you’re probably right. The people closest to you are worried they’ll upset you by mentioning your ex boyfriend or girlfriend, and this behavior is most likely learned through experience. If you’re still tearing up at the mere mention of your ex, you need a new game plan.

  6. You’re Jealous of All His or Her Potential Love Interests

    To you, any man or woman who dares to come within 50 feet of your ex is a threat even if you two have absolutely no plans to resume your romance in the future. You don’t own your ex, and your irrational jealousy is preventing you from moving on.

Why Getting Your Own Place In Your 20's Should Be A Priority

Time to spread your wings and fly, little bird, because even though you might not be making the money you thought you would at this point in your life, you just can’t live in your childhood bedroom forever. Tempting as it may be to save cash and exploit your parents for free groceries, living at home past the age of 22 isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

You’ve got a whole life to live out from under their roof, and the sooner you escape the nest, the better.

Here’s why you really need to get your own place in your 20’s: 

Your House, Your Rules

When you’re the master of your own domain, you get to make the rules. Want to throw a raucous party? Go ahead. Want to live an apartment decorated entirely in pink and unicorns? That’s your call, too. Even when you’re renting an apartment, and subject to the whims of a landlord, you have the right to dictate what goes on behind your closed doors.

You Don’t Have to Wait Until Your Parents Leave to [Insert Private Affair Here]

One of the worst aspects of living with your parents is having to hide your private life–particularly when it comes to your sexual activities. Unintentional voyeurism between parents and children is the worst possible thing, and absolutely no parent (I hope) wants to accidentally stumble upon their child doing the deed. When you live alone, you essentially negate the probability of such horrors. 

Running Your Own Home is Just Better

All around, living on your own will become a truly incredible learning experience. You’ll need to figure out the proper way to live: how to feed yourself without ruining your health, how to load a dishwasher, how to do your own laundry, how to pay bills, and how to balance your budget to allot for the things you need on a regular basis. It won’t always be easy, but the reward will be that you get to live like the adult your are, and prove to yourself that you’re a capable human being. 

You Get to Dictate the Guestlist

You and your parents aren’t always going to agree on friends. Sometimes, the people you enjoy spending time with will rub your mom and dad the wrong way, and vice versa. When you live at home, your parents get to choose who is and isn’t welcome in their home, and you don’t have too much of a say in the matter.

You Need to Grow Up

Sure, living with your parents is probably making your bank account look very pretty right now, but the truth is, your financial stability isn’t the only thing you need to be considering here. Adding rent as an expense might stunt your ability to save money the way that you would at home, but living at home is literally stunting your ability to grow up. You aren’t a child anymore, and sooner or later, you’re going to need to transition into adulthood and take a few risks. It might not turn out exactly like it does in the movies or the way that you’ve always envisioned, but living at home for the rest of your life will always be just as bleak as it sounds. 

What You Really Should Be Telling Yourself In A Crisis

Sometimes, life is little more than a series of ups and downs, each high and low point lending perspective to the other and defining the difference between what it feels like to be both deliriously happy and irrevocably sad. As humans navigating through the uncertainties of experience, we can be sure that we’ll never feel either emotion forever, but when tragedy strikes, we may feel as though one extreme is a little more dominant than the other.

If you’re trudging your way through a particularly trying crisis, you need to take the time to remind yourself of a few undeniable truths.

Now, more than ever, you need to be aware that…

You’re Valuable

You have people who love you, friends on which you can rely, and a support system that’s just waiting to help you pick up the pieces. Lean on the people who matter, because right now, they’re trying their very best to be there for you. They might not always know how to show it (and there’s a chance they’re grieving as well), but the people who love you want to help you through your tragedy.

Beyond that, it’s important to note that in the grand scheme of things, we all have a role to play. Even when you feel insignificant and small, you’re still part of this world, and therefore, very valuable.

You’re Strong

Stop thinking that life has it out for you, or that this crisis or the next will be your downfall. There will always be tragedy–that’s just part of life, and you’re going to deal with a lot more of it before the end. People will die, jobs will be lost, money will be tight, identities will be questioned, and you’ll be there fighting your way through every single one of them. Life has prepared you for heartache, so don’t sell yourself short. You can make it through this because you know, deep down, you’re strong enough to do it.

Your Grief is Your Own

Absolutely everyone grieves differently, and no one has any right to say that the way you feel about your crisis is any more or less “right” than the way they dealt with theirs. People don’t like to see those they care about spiraling through depression, and often, well-intended advice comes off as callous and unsympathetic. If someone is telling you that it’s time for you to move on and get over it, it’s because advice like that probably helped them once upon a time. They likely aren’t being malicious, but regardless of their intent, you don’t actually have to listen. The way you deal with your own personal tragedies is your business–don’t let anyone else’s opinions on the matter keep you from grieving the way you see fit.

This Will End

Eventually, the pain will being to subside and life will inch back toward normalcy. You won’t feel this way forever. With time, you’ll learn to put this crisis into perspective, and move on as best you can. It might not happen tomorrow, or week from now, or even this year, but someday, you will feel better than this.

5 Reasons To Stop Overthinking Your Career

The jobs we hold in our lifetime help us to define who we are. Through our careers, we make money, connections, solve problems, travel around the world (or even just the town we live in), and build our lives from the ground up. And while what you do isn’t necessarily who you are, your professional life still has an impact on the person you are now and who you will eventually become.

Because we place our jobs and careers at such a high premium, we all have a tendency to overanalyze every last detail of our professional life and the environment in which we work. Was that meeting successful? Is my boss proud of the work I’m doing? Did I choose the right major? All of these questions and more plague on our self-esteem and cause us a lot of emotional trauma and very few actual solutions. 

Here’s why you really need to stop overthinking your career: 

  1. You Can Have Multiple Careers

    You don’t actually have to define your success by the one, stable career you held throughout your life, or even the degree you earned in college. You can try as many jobs on for size as you can handle, and mold yourself into a person who has a significant amount of experience in just about every field. Well-rounded people are both interesting and valuable, so don’t think you need to devote all your energy into just one profession.

  2. “Making It” Doesn’t Have an Age Limit

    Unless you’re trying to become something physically demanding like a ballerina or an olympic athlete (and even then, there’s some leeway), your age isn’t limiting your achievements. You can do remarkable things at any age, so even if you don’t have the time or the money to do something at 21, you can put that dream on hold for a little while and revisit it at 50.

  3. You’re Probably Better At It Than You Think

    Most of us judge ourselves a little more harshly than we deserve, particularly where our livelihood is involved. Our career services our bank account and thus, our lives; most of us would be foolish not to take it seriously. But there’s a difference between taking things seriously and being unnecessarily hard on ourselves, and most of us probably fall in the latter category. We want to impress our bosses (even the awful ones) and get our coworkers to like us, and as a result, we demand a little much of the work we do and look past our value as employees. But there’s a reason you were hired for the position you’re in and you haven’t been fired yet–you’re qualified, and you’re probably really good at it.

  4. Establishing Notoriety Takes Time

    You can’t make a name for yourself overnight (you know, unless you’re Kanye), so you should really stop trying. Build the respect of your colleagues from the ground up, and don’t rely on too many quick fixes. The best employee has a good, solid résumé, and a ton of references speaking to his or her individual talents and skills. Be patient, and hone your reputation over years, not days.

  5. Your Résumé Won’t Reflect Your Turmoil

    All this stress you’re putting yourself through? Absolutely none of it’s going to help your career in any way. You can’t list “Agonized Over Future” among your assets, and you can’t put “Hopelessly Neurotic” in your objective.

Uninformed: Why You Really Need To Stop Avoiding The News

Thanks to technology, we live in a world that’s rapidly changing. Every day, the news of some tragedy or rare and unexpected phenomenon breaks, and every news medium from Twitter, to local newsletters, and televised broadcasts compete to provide the very latest information. Everyone you meet over the next few weeks will be discussing said event ad nauseum, and previously irrelevant opinions will pop up like daisies out of the snow.

Of course, when you live in a country that values featuring several different types of news outlets at any given time, feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information available is totally normal. It’s a lot to take in, and it’s not always pretty.

But even though you might not like what you’re reading, feeling uncomfortable isn’t excuse enough to avoid what’s going on in the world around you. Because if you do, you’ll quickly realize that…

No One Will Take Your Opinions Seriously

If you’re the type of person who has a lot of strong, politically or socially-geared opinions, someone is eventually going to question your sources or ask how you arrived at your conclusions. Your views cannot be accurately shaped without exposure to outside cultures and unfamiliar places. If you are very opinionated but also uninformed, most people will immediately write you off as ignorant (and rightfully so).

Secondhand Information isn’t Always Accurate

Instead of relying on the news, you prefer to get all your information from a trusted friend or word-of-mouth. And while it is important to discuss current events with as many people as possible in order to properly understand what’s going on, you need to be aware of firsthand sources before take in any secondhand opinions. The “telephone game” rules apply here: no story can ever be told without a bias, and by the time it gets to the third or fourth messenger, the accurate details will be totally lost.

Uninformed Voters Are a Liability

It’s your civic duty to involve yourself in the election process every November, but you can’t do that properly without gathering all the facts. Before you vote, you need to get an accurate idea of which candidates are best qualified for the position for which they are running, and in order to do that, you’re actually going to need to know what they stand for. Read up on all of them, find out which issues they value, and make catching the debates a priority.

You’re Selling Your Intelligence Short

You aren’t an idiot. You’re probably a college graduate with an above-average IQ level and a decent capacity for retaining knowledge. Don’t make yourself sound like one.

We Share This World

The number one reason to read (or watch) the news is to get idea of what life is like for other people around the globe. Your ten mile radius just isn’t the only ten mile radius in this world we share, and limiting yourself to what goes on directly around you is selling both you and the other 6 billion people who call this planet home short. We need to stop thinking that our individual needs are the priority, and that the things we do and say don’t have any effect on the people who live halfway around the world. Perfect strangers from different walks of life have a lot more in common than they think, and the first step to improving the earth on a global scale is to stop thinking of its inhabitants as separate, unrelated entities.

Fictional Love: The 7 Most Dateable Characters On TV

In a television world littered with bodies, drugs, and nefarious deeds, finding that special character you inevitably find yourself shipping with–well, you–isn’t as easy as it used to be. Much like the real life romance pool, finding a dateable person in the fictional world involves a lot of trial and error.

But thankfully, there are a few diamonds amid the rough worth noting, and every so often, one character in particular will exist seemingly to pull at our heartstrings and curse The Powers That Be for making him or her fictional.

Here are seven characters we could see ourselves dating (you know, assuming they were actually real):

1. Mindy Lahiri

Mindy Lahiri of The Mindy Project might be a little awkward and self-deprecating, but this OB/GYN really is the whole package. She’s funny, dedicated, super intelligent, and totally devoted to finding that special someone.

2. Belle French

If you can stand putting yourself in between your love and the Dark One’s wrath, Belle French is probably the best candidate on Once Upon a Time. She’s smart, she’s cute, she knows her limits, and she isn’t afraid to use a bookcase to defend herself from lurker pirates.

3. Mickey Milkovich

He might be a former convict with a temper tantrum and a endless flame for Ian Gallagher, but Mickey Milkovich has come really far since he was first introduced in season one of Shameless. He’s supportive, loving, incredibly loyal, and an absolute master of the quippy one-liner.

4. Samwell Tarly

Sure, he might not be the best looking character on Game of Thrones, but we’re pretty sure he’s the only one left with an actual conscience. Samwell is smart, a lot braver than he gives himself credit for, a loyal friend, and total softie for damsels in distress (Gilly, anyone?) 

5. Ben Wyatt

One of the most disappointing realities of the recent Parks and Recreation finale is that we no longer get to see Ben Wyatt being the best boyfriend (and later husband) ever to Leslie Knope. He’s one of the most supportive and totally inclusive love interests in television history, and as a bonus, he’s more than willing to let his female partner outshine him professionally without feeling slighted in any way. We miss you, Ben Wyatt.

6. Peggy Olson

Peggy Olson of Mad Men fame has a lot of baggage to contend with, and though she doesn’t always make the most logical decisions, she’s still very clearly invested in finding love and facilitating a functional relationship. And if the last few episodes are any indication, Peggy is officially on the dating market.

7. Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren

Yes, she often comes on a little too strong and takes several miles from the proverbial inch, but Suzanne really just wants to give and receive love from someone worthy of her. The last season of Orange is the New Black revealed that her character is currently on the lookout for a relationship that makes her feel fulfilled, and she’s really grown a lot since her days of peeing on floors and stalking Piper. 

Why Your Early 20's Are For Learning Lessons, Not Achieving Success

Too often, young twenty-somethings assume that they absolutely need to have their lives mapped out from the start. Instead of focusing on what’s really important–building a life–they’re too involved with trying to live the one they haven’t yet built.

Thanks to societal expectations, crippling self-doubt, and a number of television shows and movies that seek to glorify the twenty-something lifestyle, young people often judge themselves and their achievements much too harshly. They set unattainable goals for their early twenties, and when they inevitably fail to reach them, they consider their entire existence a failure to launch.

Instead of bombarding your twenties with unrealistic expectations, remember that…

What Your Learn Now Can Be Applied Later

The lessons you’re actively learning now will be the building blocks to your future. You need to take risks, feel your way around life, and find out exactly what you have to do to make yourself and your loved ones happy. If you don’t know what you want and how to get it, you’re never going achieve any success at all.

You’re Still Really Young

Absolutely no one your age has it all figured out, and quite a few people older than you don’t, either. You’re still young enough to make a few major mistakes without suffering the consequences, so make as many as you can while your responsibilities are still few and far between. Mistakes are lessons, too.

You Have a Lifetime Ahead of You

Hopefully, you’ll live a long and happy life and all the successes you set out to achieve will eventually be a reality. You’ll have a perfect job, a home, a spouse, 2.3 kids, a totally full passport–whatever it is you want–you’re going to do your best to make it all happen. But none of those things are going to happen overnight, so don’t think you’ve screwed up if you haven’t realized any of them just yet.

What You Have Now Isn’t Less Important Than What You’ll Have Down the Road

If you weigh every moment in your life against your future, you’re going to come up empty-handed a lot more often than you’d like. As much as you prepare, you’re never going to be able to predict the direction your life will take. Learn to appreciate the here and now, because there’s always going to be an unexpected turn (or series of turns) that throws you off your path. Every bit if your life is precious, not just the moments in which you feel financially secure.

True Success Can’t Be Measured

Success means something different for everyone, and true success doesn’t have a definition. What you want out of life is totally unique, and even if it might resemble someone else’s plan, it still contains your own personal spin. Don’t focus too much on the big, down-the-road picture; instead, pay attention to the little successes you achieve every day. Did you save some extra money this month? Did you receive a particularly positive review at work? Are you all finished up with your course load this semester? Your entire life will be made up of a series goals to reach and statuses to obtain–don’t marginalize any of them along the way.

The truth is, you don’t have to be successful at 23, married at 24, and and a homeowner at 25. You don’t even need to reach any of those goals at 30, or any age, for that matter. Your life is your own, your mistakes are your own, and all the lessons you’ve learned in your early twenties are most certainly your own. Take those lessons and utilize them to reach your goal, and stop demanding more of yourself than you can provide right now.

4 Popular Exercises Woman Don't Like To Try (But Totally Should)

For women, the path the physical fitness is wrought with self-made obstacles. As females, we often need to handle more than just “the burn” in our fitness routines–we also need to handle the pressure of inherent sexism. Thanks to years of misinformation directed at female fitness seekers, there are several effective exercises most women just never bother exploring.

Instead of taking advantage of these truly engaging workouts, women generally limit themselves to the routines that are “custom made” for their own, geneder-specific fitness preferences. But unlike the science of years past, current knowledge disproves that gender-specific workouts are any more or less effective for either gender. The physical needs of both men and women are remarkably similar, and our fitness routines need not deviate too far from each other’s.

Here are three exercises women really need to stop avoiding:

1. Olympic Weightlifting

Or weightlifting in general, for that matter. Thanks to outdated research and popular (though unscientific) influence, many women have convinced themselves that lifting weights will only ever result in a body that’s too bulky or masculine. Alternatively, some are also too nervous that they’ll injure themselves lifting improperly. Worst yet, several women balk at the idea of lifting weights because they know they’ll receive undue attention from the men in the weight room. Whatever the reason, women have vilified weightlifting, and the contrast between men and women in Olympic Weightlifting competitions is horrible skewed.

Thanks to a changing fitness climate and a new understanding of how strength training burns fat, more women than ever before are discovering that their bodies respond really well to lifting weights.

2. Rock Climbing

Like other extreme sports, rock climbing is inherently dangerous, and real outdoors exploits necessitate the use of a guide who’s familiar with both the route and various safety techniques. But what are the chances that the guide you hire to take you on your first real climb is female? You guessed it: pretty damn low. Rock climbing has always been a sport dominated by male athletes, and though the climbing field is definitely evening out, it’s still very much a boy’s club.

Ladies, don’t let the gear and the heights intimidate you; rock climbing is one of the best and most fulfilling activities you can do to transform your body. Not only will you break a sweat, burn calories, and tone almost every muscle fighting your way to the top, you’ll also be rewarded with an incredible view.

3. CrossFit

CrossFit is a total body experience that has gained traction in recent years for yielding lasting results and for its inclusive nature, but despite the hype, the ratio of men to women is still a little uneven. Although CrossFit usually appears intimidating to all newcomers, including women, the workout itself is super beneficial for both genders.

4. Pull-ups and Chin-ups

Maybe it’s some leftover anxiety from that gym class test we all dreaded (and usually failed), or maybe it’s a fear that we’ll embarrass ourselves with our sorry upper body strength. Regardless of where the issue stems, women avoid the pull-up bar like the plague. The truth is, the pull-up and chin-up are two of the best compound exercises out there, and both tone your back, shoulders, and arms better than almost anything else. A true test of physical fitness involves being able to maneuver a proper pull-up, and all workout enthusiasts, including women, need to incorporate the pull-up and chin-up into their routine.

What Your "Taken" Friends Really Think About Your Dating Habits

Do you ever wonder what your non-single friends think about your dating exploits? You’ve never been particularly secretive about any of your dalliances before–surely they must have a few opinions about your love life?

The truth is, your “taken” friends probably have quite a few things to say about the people you date, where you meet potential love interests, how long it takes before you abandon ship on a potential partner, and how quick you are to fall for that hot new guy or girl. And if they haven’t divulged any of these opinions already, odds are, it’s because they know you aren’t going to like what they have to say.

Because some of your friends…

Won’t Understand Your Methods

Either they met their significant other in a wildly different way, have been in a relationship for too long to truly remember how “dating around” actually works, or are otherwise against non-traditional methods of finding a date, your paired-off friends probably won’t be able to relate to the ways in which you navigate your romantic life. Of course, being single or otherwise really has nothing to do with one’s ability to empathize, but your non-single friends will likely be wary of dating apps (not that there’s a stigma).

Think You’re Being Destructive

Are you constantly introducing your friends to a new love interest? Do you hook up with a lot of questionable characters? Do you spend too much of your time agonizing over your love life? Does your dating reputation precede you? Even if your friends are being a little too nice and avoiding making a judgment call about your relationship status, some of them are probably more than a little worried about your behavior. The dating game can be a dangerous one, and even if you’re a hell of a player, your non-single friends probably won’t see it that way.

Are Probably Jealous

Let’s face it: not all of us are happy to be in the relationship we’re in, and you probably have a few friends who are secretly jealous of your overt freedom. Even though there’s clearly something stopping them from cutting their own losses, a few of your friends would like nothing better than to trade places with you for a night or two. Wondering how to seek out the envious? Pay attention to which of your friends are giving your dating habits lip service, and which of your friends seem to be living vicariously through your raucous stories. The writing is on the wall there.

Just Want the Best For You

At the end of the day, your closest friends, taken or otherwise, just want to see you happy and romantically fulfilled. They ask about your love life because they want to make sure you eventually do find someone who treats you well and makes you smile, and if they’ve found that themselves, then you can be sure they’re just trying to project their own good fortune on you.

The 10 Movies That Defined The 90's Childhood

The 90’s childhood was famous for a variety of reasons. We wore jelly shoes, dressed in colorful swishy pants and Adidas soccer shorts, obsessed over Nickolodeon cartoons, played with Tamagotchi–all without relying on a smartphone.

It was a simpler time to be a child and come of age, and no better medium better represented our interests and motivations quite like the movies we watched. Our kids movies, be they animated or otherwise, were instant classics, and most of us would be lying if we said we didn’t still watch them from time to time.

Because who among us can forget…

1. Matilda

Based on the Roald Dahl novel of the same name, Matilda was the gift that kept on giving. We had pre-It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Danny DeVito as Matilda’s corrupt used car salesman father, his off-screen wife of Cheer’s fame, Rhea Perlman, as her neglectful and vain mother, and Pam Ferris as the iconic Trunchbull. Highlights included Matilda making breakfast using her magic (and dancing to “Little Bitty Pretty One”), and Bruce Bogtrotter conquering an entire chocolate cake on command.

2. Home Alone

If Home Alone taught us anything, it was that being abandoned by your parents for Christmas vacation really isn’t the worst thing in the world. You get free reign of the house for a change, absolutely no one around to dictate orders, and if a pair of bad guys ever attempt a robbery, you get to outsmart them with your innate knowledge of ingenious booby traps.

3. Toy Story

Toy Story was Pixar’s first film and commercial success, and in 1995, the computer-animated film seemed too good to be true. Thanks to an incredible cast of voice actors, painstaking attention to detail, and several unforgettable characters, Toy Story became the movie (and later, series) by which all other computer-animated films would later be judged.

4. Jumanji

Robin Williams trapped in a board game jungle for thirty years? Yes, please. While Jumanji definitely had its problems, it gave us Kirsten Dunst before she was famous, and that’s really enough for us. 

5. Aladdin

Another Robin Williams classic (he kind of defined the 90’s childhood all on his own, let’s be real), Aladdin was one of the first of the truly great animated Disney films of that era. The music was incredible, Jasmine (the love interest) far outshined the film’s protagonist and namesake, and the Genie was one of the most memorable sidekicks/enablers in animated film history.

6. Space Jam

Remember that time a bunch of NBA champions played basketball with Looney Tunes characters?

7. Mrs. Doubtfire

Robin Williams again, and this time, he’s a cross-dressing father/nanny just trying to find a place in his estranged children’s lives. Although the concept sounds a little creepy (and it kind of is, truthfully), the movie (and transformation sequence) will live in our hearts forever.

8. The Little Rascals

The 90’s cinematic reboot of the 30’s classic television series, Our Gang, popularized characters who had long since fallen out of favor. Though the original television show was more than a little on the racist side, the movie tried its best to dispel the original’s controversial antiquities and breathe new life into some of the more classic stories. I’ve gotta dollar, I’ve gotta dollar, I’ve gotta dollar, hey hey hey hey…

9. Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast virtually kick-started Disney’s “Renaissance” period, and featured one of the most compelling love stories of its time. Both Belle and The Beast were real, fleshed-out, and relatable characters, a true rarity in animated cinematics. As a bonus, the ballroom scene featured one of the first attempts at seamless computer animation in mostly hand-drawn film.

10. The Lion King

It was Hamlet. With lions. And the best score of any Disney film possibly ever. The end.

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