Contributor: Kristin Smith

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Kristin Smith joined the Plugged In team in 2017. Formerly a Spanish and English teacher, Kristin loves reading literature and eating authentic Mexican tacos. She and her husband, Eddy, love raising their children Judah and Selah. Kristin also has a deep affection for coffee, music, her dog (Cali) and cat (Aslan).

A close-up shot of angry Tessa Violet in the video for her song "Games."

Games

Tessa Violet teams up with lovelytheband to let a cheating boyfriend know that his time’s up and she’s not going to take it.

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Screen shot from the Saddleback Kids YouTube Channel.

Saddleback Kids

Saddleback Kids, the children’s ministry at Saddleback Church, is where Saddleback uploads its weekly Bible lessons for youth.

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We see an image of two young men wrestling.

Triumph

Triumph is a story set in the ‘80s about a young man with cerebral palsy who overcame every obstacle thrown his way.

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An older man and a pregnant young woman stand in a nursery with baby stuff around them.

Together Together

Together Together offers an interesting, at times crude, springboard into a conversation about surrogacy.

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Mare of Easttown

I’d much prefer to visit any other place than Easttown.

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Screen shot of Twenty One Pilots frontman Tyler Joseph singing in the video for "Shy Away."

Shy Away

Ordinarily, shedding one’s modesty isn’t a good thing. Then again, Twenty One Pilots is hardly an ordinary band.

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Screenshot of the YouTube Channel Ours Poetica.

Ours Poetica

A channel dedicated to making poetry come to life. Read by those who truly love the written word.

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Cropped picture of Taylor Swift from her album "Fearless (Taylor's Version)."

Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

Taylor revisits an earlier album and updates it with six new tracks that sound a lot like the Swift of old.

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The Nevers

It’s a typical HBO original—filled with the unfortunate, predictable ingredients that have made them famous.

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Arlo the Alligator Boy and his animal friends sing and dance.

Arlo the Alligator Boy

This film about acceptance also embraces thinly veiled visual and verbal nods that reference LGBTQ stereotypes.

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Dad, Stop Embarrassing Me!

The show’s biggest problem is that most of the adults you see are not those that you’d want raising your kids.

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Album cover for Demi Lovato's "Dancing With the Devil ... The Art of Starting Over."

Dancing With The Devil … The Art of Starting Over

Demi Lovato’s confessional seventh album mixes positive messages with some deeply problematic ones.

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Screen shot of the YouTube channel Alphablocks.

Alphablocks

This channel focuses on making learning fun while bringing the alphabet to life.

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Supergirl

As Supergirl flies over the city of Metropolis, heroic struggles abound, of course … as does some content that’s less than heroic.

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Baby Shark’s Big Show!

There’s a bit of potty humor, but the focus is really on the belief that, together, we can do-do-do-da-do-da-do-do-do anything!

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