For the dorky girls of the 1990s and early 2000s, we were Daria and Daria was us. Daria was Daria Morgendorffer, the lead character of the cartoon of the same name, which ran on MTV from 1997 to 2002. When the show first aired, we saw what we thought of ourselves portrayed in pop culture for the first time – an intelligent, cynical and plain teenager who just wanted to be left alone.
So when MTV announced in 2009 that it would finally, FINALLY release the complete series on DVD, thousands of women in their twenties and thirties let out a collective joyous shriek. Eight long years of waiting, petitioning and begging had finally paid off. When the series was available to buy, however, I debated whether or not to get it. Continue reading