Oh, "Glee" — the musical drama/comedy that awakened an entire generation of soon-to-be theatre kids. I remember in middle school, this show was EVERYTHING. The melodrama and the music combined made for a captivating show that lasted for six seasons. However, as I look back on "Glee" as a college student, I realize that this show had faults that went deeper than simply breaking up Kurt and Blaine (even if it was only for a short period of time).

For starters, I do love the social issues that this show brought into the public. Bullying, pregnancy, texting and driving, eating disorders... the list can go on and on. While co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan handled heavy topics like school shootings and homophobia in very dignified manners, some episodes missed the mark a bit. I don't want to name any specific episodes because I don't want to offend anyone, but in certain seasons, it's fairly obvious that there are many episodes where it feels like they go for quantity over quality.

Another huge problem I have with "Glee" is the bisexual erasure. Middle school was the time where I realized that I was bisexual, but even in my favorite show at the time, they would brush it off while celebrating being "born this way" in the same breath. Blaine Anderson spends most of the show in a relationship with Kurt Hummel, but after a drunken kiss with Rachel Berry, he tells Kurt, "Maybe I'm bi, I don't know." Kurt replies in the worst way possible, telling Blaine, "Bisexual's a term that gay guys in high school use when they wanna hold hands with girls and feel like a normal person for a change."

With this statement, young, impressionable viewers gather the assumption that bisexuality isn't a real thing, but instead an "in-between" for people who are actually gay. It also takes the focus completely off of Blaine's confusion of his sexuality (which is something that so many high school kids go through and showing this would tell viewers that it's okay to be confused with you are), and it becomes a narrative about how Kurt feels devastated because his crush is betraying him by exploring who he's attracted to.

There is also some discourse about Brittany Pierce being bisexual, and I believe it is mentioned in an episode or two, but her partner Santana Lopez doesn't support that part of her. I feel like Brittany's character was mainly there to be the token Dumb Blonde™ or the Funny Girl To Break Tension™ or the Hot One™. Frankly, I thought it was exhausting, especially because Heather Morris is such a talented performer, but she didn't get to show her full potential.