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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

20 years ago today, on October 3, 2006, Friday Night Lights first aired on NBC! This show will forever be one of the richest texts in the teen drama genre.

Leftist Teen Drama Celebrates 20 Years of Friday Night Lights, a deeply political show with screencaps from FNL of characters Tim Riggins and Smash Williams

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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 01/10/2026

If you're on Goodreads, you can now "Want To Read" our April 2027 @sunypress.bsky.social book "So Long, Dental Plan!: Unions, Labor Relations, and Class Struggle... as Seen on TV." www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s One Tree Hill’s golden birthday — 23 years old on September 23! As loyal listeners of #LeftistTeenDrama know, the workplace organizing plotline in Season 2, Episode 12 inspired this podcast!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Four weeks ago, #LeftistTeenDrama held our first-ever live podcast recording! Sitting on stage at The People’s Forum in front of a crowd of loved ones and strangers as they willingly listened to me rant about teen dramas while talking with my hands, I felt so incredibly lucky.

a photo of Maria DiPasquale sitting in on a stage at The People's Forum in front of rows of people seated audience style while gesturing at a screen on which there's a screencap from Gilmore Girls.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

✊Leftist Teen Drama Union 101: Just Cause Edition✊ Or: David and Jack learn why It’s Better In A Union™ The #LeftistTeenDrama Movie Special on Newsies with @mariadip.bsky.social feat @newsguild.org president @jschleuss.com is now streaming anywhere you get your podcasts! CC: @aflcio.org

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

✨MOVIE SPECIAL OUT NOW✨ Welcome back to our series of special episodes covering political moments in teen movies! @mariadip.bsky.social is joined by her friend @jschleuss.com, President of @newsguild.org, to discuss all the timeless, pro-union themes of the movie musical masterpiece Newsies.

a screencap of Newsies showing a photo of the main Newsie characters Jack, David, and Les peddling newspapers overlaid with “Leftist Teen Drama” and more text: “MOVIE SPECIAL Newsies feat Jon Schleuss”

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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 11/09/2026

We have a cover! “So Long, Dental Plan!” Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV, coming April 2027 from @sunypress.bsky.social.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨TRAILER DROP🚨 The seventh Leftist Teen Drama Movie Special covering ‘Newsies’ with @mariadip.bsky.social feat @jschleuss.com premieres Sunday, September 13, 2026, everywhere you get your podcasts. #LeftistTeenDrama

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

MOVIE REVEAL: our seventh #LeftistTeenDrama Movie Special is…the absolute CLASSIC Kenny Ortega-directed 1992 movie musical NEWSIES! @mariadip.bsky.social is joined by the one and only @jschleuss.com for a fun discussion about this labor gem. Trailer coming tomorrow, episode dropping Sunday!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

happy labor day from leftist teen drama! some ideas for how to celebrate: 🌹take a concrete step toward organizing your workplace! don’t know where to start? Hit up ewoc aka @organizeworkers.bsky.social! 🌹already have a union? find out how you can get more involved!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

✨LTD LIVE EP OUT NOW✨ The audio-only version of our first-ever live ep is now live anywhere you get your podcasts! This episode was livestreamed on YouTube on August 21, 2026, with opening comedy by Mick Gilbert followed by a main segment with Maria feat Kelly Diaz and Kelly Gilbert.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Every single strike is for all of us, union and non union. Every single striker is risking their income and livelihood to insist that working people deserve dignity and respect and livable wages.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There will be more reflections to come, but for right now, I just want to say thank you to everyone who attended or tuned in to the #LeftistTeenDrama five year anniversary live ep last night! 💗💿 The replay is available on YouTube if you missed it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CSh...

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

✨SPECIAL EP OUT NOW✨ In our fourth Special Episode of #LeftistTeenDrama featuring a writer talking about her related body of work, @mariadip.bsky.social introduces Anjali Madgula to discuss her Master’s thesis, “Organizing In Popular Culture: Teen Drama Television and Jane McAlevey.”

screenshot of Anjali’s thesis cover page with the following text in Times New Roman font: “ORGANIZING IN POPULAR CULTURE: TEEN DRAMA TELEVISION AND JANE MCALEVEY By ANJALI MADGULA A Thesis submitted to the Graduate School-Newark Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Masters of Arts Graduate Program in American Studies Written under the direction of Dr. Mary Rizzo”

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

✨Happy five years of Leftist Teen Drama to all who celebrate! 🎊 Five years ago today, on August 15th, 2021, the first episode of #LeftistTeenDrama was released into the world.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🚨TRAILER DROP🚨 In the fourth-ever #LeftistTeenDrama Special Ep feat a writer, @mariadip.bsky.social introduces Anjali Madgula to discuss her Master’s thesis, “Organizing In Popular Culture: Teen Drama Television and Jane McAlevey.” Premiering Sun, Aug 16, 2026, anywhere you get your podcasts!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Your summer homework includes: 📝Watching Sterling Point on Prime Video (we need a season 2, folks!) 📝Listening to Leftist Teen Drama’s Movie Special ep on Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (now streaming wherever you get podcasts!)

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Never thought this day would come… #LeftistTeenDrama is now on YouTube and our livestream link is published for the 5-year anniversary recording on Fri, Aug 21 at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT! Excited for our listeners outside of the NYC area to be able to tune in! 💋🎀📺✊

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

✨MOVIE SPECIAL OUT NOW✨Welcome back to our series of special episodes covering political moments in teen movies! @mariadip.bsky.social is again joined by twins and self-professed “camp freaks” Kelly and Mick Gilbert as we return to the Camp Rock universe to discuss 2010’s Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

🥁Announcing the line-up for Leftist Teen Drama’s first-ever live podcast recording: We are so excited to have Mick Gilbert join us at the top of the live show for a short opening comedy set! Mick is a comedian (and yes, Kelly Gilbert’s twin) and recurring guest on #LeftistTeenDrama!

a bright pink, white, and black graphic with a photo of Mick Gilbert in a blue shirt laughing and the following text: Leftist Teen Drama Live! Fri, August 21 6 PM @ The People’s Forum LINEUP Opening Comedy Act MICK GILBERT Comedian & Recurring Guest on Leftist Teen Drama

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨TRAILER DROP🚨 The sixth Leftist Teen Drama Movie Special covering ‘Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam’ with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly and Mick Gilbert premieres Sunday, August 9, 2026, everywhere you get your podcasts. #LeftistTeenDrama

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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 05/08/2026

We're excited to announce that "So Long, Dental Plan" Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV is scheduled to be published in April 2027 by SUNY Press. Pre-orders will begin around X-Mass time.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Friend of the pod slash recurring guest on #LeftistTeenDrama Kelly Diaz is also featured in @solongdentalplan.com, digging into a plotline we cover on the pod: the food workers strike on THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS! Keep an eye out for the book coming Spring 2027 ✊

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

!!! I'm so excited that we have an April 2027 release date for @solongdentalplan.com, the book i was so honored to contribute a chapter to about the organizing plotline on ONE TREE HILL that inspired the pod! Make sure you're following for updates about preorder info when it becomes available! ✊

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🥁Announcing the line-up for Leftist Teen Drama’s first-ever live podcast recording: We are so excited to have teen drama scholar Kelly Diaz join us as a featured guest! Kelly and @mariadip.bsky.social first met in 2023 when Kelly reached out to interview Maria as part of her dissertation on...

a bright pink, white, and black graphic with a photo of Kelly Diaz wearing a Vampire Diaries tshirt with two dogs, one of whom is in a cone, and the following text: Leftist Teen Drama Live! Fri, August 21 6 PM @ The People’s Forum LINEUP Featured Guest Kelly Diaz Teen Drama Scholar with a Ph.D. from The University of Pennsylvania & Recurring Guest on Leftist Teen Drama

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

MOVIE REVEAL: our sixth #LeftistTeenDrama Movie Special is…Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam! Just ahead of the release of Camp Rock 3, @mariadip.bsky.social and the Gilbert Twins head back to Camp Rock for another summer of class conflict. Trailer coming Friday, episode dropping August 9, 2026!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🥁Announcing the line-up for Leftist Teen Drama’s first-ever live podcast recording: We are so excited to have one of our OG recurring guests Kelly Gilbert join us as a featured guest! Kelly is a healthcare worker and resident Twilight expert who Maria originally met thru the Union Semester program!

a bright pink, white, and black graphic with a photo of Kelly Gilbert eating a burrito and the following text: Leftist Teen Drama Live! Fri, August 21 6 PM @ The People’s Forum LINEUP Featured Guest Kelly Gilbert Health Care Worker, Certified Twilight Expert, & Recurring Guest on Leftist Teen Drama

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🥁It’s time to announce the line-up for Leftist Teen Drama’s first-ever live podcast recording! This one’s not much of a surprise: union communicator, writer, and creator of #LeftistTeenDrama @mariadip.bsky.social will be hosting the episode as always! Come watch me talk with my hands IRL!

a bright pink, white, and black graphic with a photo of Maria DiPasquale talking with her hands and the following text: Leftist Teen Drama Live! Fri, August 21 6 PM @ The People’s Forum LINEUP Your Host Maria DiPasquale Union Communicator, Writer, & Creator of Leftist Teen Drama

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: #LeftistTeenDrama is hosting our first-ever LIVE podcast recording to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the pod! Join us in NYC at The People’s Forum on Friday, August 21 at 6 PM. Snag your free ticket: www.eventbrite.com/e/leftist-te...

a pink graphic with black and white text: Leftist Teen Drama 5 Year Anniversary Special Live! Friday, Aug 61 6 PM @ The People’s Forum

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

*gestures at world around us* seems like a good time to remind you that #LeftistTeenDrama Ep 8 is all about teen characters surviving in the post capitalist apocalypse — and what this teen drama trend says about Gen Z and millennial climate anxiety! (Now streaming wherever you get podcasts!)

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

what a time to be alive in the people's republic of mamdanistan!!!! we are unstoppable, a better world is possible - we just have to organize together to win it!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In honor of Juneteenth, we’re spotlighting episodes of Leftist Teen Drama about the Black American experience and Black teens fighting for racial justice! Stream the first five seasons of #LeftistTeenDrama anywhere you get your podcasts ✊

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This is your Monday reminder that we are stronger together ✊ Listen to #LeftistTeenDrama S1 Ep 2 about Brooke Davis’s workplace organizing plotline on #OneTreeHill anywhere you get your podcasts! Visit workerorganizing.org/support to get help organizing YOUR workplace! @organizeworkers.bsky.social

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

u + me = <3 leftist teen drama edition the new #oliviarodrigo love songs have me thinking about some of the teen drama ships we’ve talked about on #leftistteendrama! seasons 1-5 now streaming wherever you get podcasts!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

🌈LEFTIST TEEN DRAMA PRIDE EPISODE GUIDE🌈 At #LeftistTeenDrama, we firmly believe that the personal is political – and as such, we’ve discussed many groundbreaking queer teen drama stories over the first five seasons of the pod! Stream LTD anywhere you get your podcasts 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Leftist Teen Drama PRIDE Episode Guide with cutouts of various queer teen drama characters featured on LTD from shows like Sex Education, Overcompensating, My So-Called Life, and Genera+ion with a rainbow sticker.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Samplings of plotlines we’ve covered on #LeftistTeenDrama, pt. 4 Featuring: ✨ #SexEducation S4, E7, “Episode 7.” Covered on LTD S5, Ep #37 ✨ #HeartbreakHigh S1, E7, “The Sheriff.” Covered on LTD S3, Ep #25 ✨ #TheOC S4, E4, “The Metamorphosis.” Covered on LTD S2, Ep #15

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

EMERGENCY SPECIAL EP OUT NOW honoring the life and work of teen drama icon James Van Der Beek, who sadly passed away at the age of 48 on February 11, 2026 after a battle with colorectal cancer. Thanks to recurring guest Kelly Gilbert for submitting a reflection! #LeftistTeenDrama

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Q: What do Tim Riggins, Archie Andrews, and Paige Michalchuk have in common? A: They are all teen drama characters who had brushes with the criminal punishment system — and they are the stars of #LeftistTeenDrama’s three abolition focused episodes!

collage style text on a brown bag background reads: abolition 101 with leftist teen drama

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

My 2025 film journal entry for Samantha: An American Girl Holiday, the latest #LeftistTeenDrama movie special w/ @mariadip.bsky.social feat Mo and Christina from Movies That Raised Us! (now streaming wherever you get your podcasts!)

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

💗MOVIE SPECIAL CLIP💗 Samantha Parkington’s speech bringing attention to child labor in American factories? An absolute slay! Our latest #LeftistTeenDrama Movie Special on Samantha: An American Girl Holiday, with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Mo & Christina from Movies That Raised Us, is now streaming!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#LeftistTeenDrama Episode Guide: Holiday Edition We updated our guide from a couple years ago for your binging pleasure: www.instagram.com/p/DSkRSqAkbq... Which teen drama holiday episode your favorite? (Including any we may have missed?!)

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

✨MOVIE SPECIAL OUT NOW✨ Welcome back to our series of special eps covering political moments in teen movies! To close out 2025, Maria is joined by Mo & Christina, the hosts of the Movies That Raised Us podcast, to dive into the American Girl cinematic universe via Samantha: An American Girl Holiday!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

🚨TRAILER DROP🚨 The fifth #LeftistTeenDrama Movie Special covering 'Samantha: An American Girl Holiday,' with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Mo and Christina from the Movies That Raised Us podcast, premieres Sunday, December 21, 2025, everywhere you get your podcasts.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

MOVIE REVEAL: our last #LeftistTeenDrama Movie Special of the year is…Samantha: An American Girl Holiday! Our holiday special with @mariadip.bsky.social featuring Mo and Christina from Movies That Raised Us premieres on Sunday, Dec 21!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

✨EP 44 OUT NOW✨ In the #LeftistTeenDrama Season 5 finale, Maria is joined by twins Kelly Gilbert and Mick Gilbert to contrast the experiences of Catholic teenage girls coming of age in Belfast and Derry during The Troubles on Say Nothing and Derry Girls.

a stylized light purple collage-y episode cover with an image of the five Derry Girls main characters in their school uniforms overlaid with Marian and Dolours Price on Say Nothing; along with text: “Leftist Teen Drama,” “The Politics of Coming of Age in Northern Ireland During the Troubles as a Catholic Teen Girl, As Seen On ‘Say Nothing’ and ‘Derry Girls’” feat Kelly Gilbert and Mick Gilbert” and “Ep 44.”

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

💖TRAILER DROP💖 The Politics of Coming of Age in Northern Ireland During the Troubles as a Catholic Teen Girl, As Seen On ‘Say Nothing’ and ‘Derry Girls’ | @mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly Gilbert and Mick Gilbert Episode #44 of #LeftistTeenDrama – our Season 5 finale – premieres Sun, Dec 14!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

✨EP 43 OUT NOW✨ In the penultimate episode of #LeftistTeenDrama Season 5, @mariadip.bsky.social is joined by fellow union comms girlie @dianah.bsky.social to dive into the #SavedByTheBell Teachers’ Strike episode.

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

💖TRAILER DROP💖 Bayside Teachers Deserve Better: The ‘Saved By The Bell’ Teachers’ Strike Episode | @mariadip.bsky.social feat @dianah.bsky.social Episode #43 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Dec 7, everywhere you get your podcasts!

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Leftist Teen Drama Podcast @leftistteendrama.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Happy #CampRock3 Teaser Day to all who celebrate, from your #LeftistTeenDrama host @mariadip.bsky.social and #CampRock correspondents Kelly and M Gilbert!

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