"...so I could be lovely for you"

"I didn't eat for three days so I could be lovely for you." Cassie Ainsworth, SKINS

That's one of my favorite quotes... I think everyone has probably felt like that a time or two, especially while growing up. Between peer pressure and pressure from family pressure it's hard NOT to feel like that, like you have to do something completely ridiculous to be acceptable. Not eat, not speak your mind, change who you are... The quote is from a British TV series called SKINS, which is premiering here August 17 at 9pm/8c on BBC America. It  follows a group of high school friends dealing with their crazy lives as best they can. It's not unlike My So Called Life or One Tree Hill, but the show addresses all of the issues that are important to teens in its own way. It's awesome because the plots aren't some fantasy created by adult writers based on what they think a teen's life MIGHT be like... The show's writing staff is mostly teens and young adults, so there's a sense of reality that makes you feel like these characters could be your friends, or even yourself.

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The performance of the cast is also amazing, because you never get the feeling that they're acting. It's very comforting in a way, because I think to act those emotions so well you have to have felt them, so that means there are even more people in the world who understand them. If that makes sense! I definitely recommend you check out SKINS on Sunday, August 17th at 9pm/8c. I know you'll love it.

If you want to learn more about the characters, you can read their profiles on the official site (here).

We also have a lot of awesome trailers, character clips and cast interviews on our official YouTube Channel (here).

Here's my favorite trailer so you can see what I'm talking about...

Anyway, I know this is a bit OT, but I'm really excited about this awesome show and I think that a lot of you will be really into it. It's not every day that a show comes along that really describes our emotional lives, but this is definitely one of them.

If you have any questions or anything, please hit me up on here, I'd love to discuss it further!

<3 Daphne!