Anna Konkle

With their laugh-out-loud funny and deeply poignant series, the writer-stars have shown that girls can be just as gross and weird as boys — and that our inner 13-year-old never dies.

Some people labor under the misconception that a soulmate is synonymous with the love of your life, relegated exclusively to romantic relationships, fodder only for those seeking their ain true love. (Yes, it’s a “Cold Mountain” reference. Leave me alone.) But that’s misguided. After all, love isn’t exclusionary. That’s what I think about when I think about Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine, two best friends who, alongside Sam Zvibleman, created one of TV’s finest comedies in Hulu’s “Pen15.”

The Hulu comedy PEN15 was created by Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle about their adventures in junior high school. Apparently, they couldn't find anyone else to capture their particular combination of geekery and awkwardness, so they decided to play themselves — and it turns out full-grown adults fit into seventh grade more easily than you might think.