I am so thankful you are here to help us unpack all this colonizer supremacist bullshit from our tender and formative years! These are topics I don't bring up in therapy but, my god, the trauma we carry as non-white women is deep 🤯🤦🏻♀️
It’s a lot of unpacking! This one was hard because it is so ingrained in my happy childhood memories. But it’s okay to say I liked it then but I view it from a more enlightened and knowledgeable place now, and say goodbye.
Oh wow, so much to think about re Band Aid - thank you so much for this – like all Gen X Brits, I remember exactly where I was when the concert was live-streamed, had the 12 inch version of the vinyl, and now thinking back to the video ... On a lighter note completely, the quilted bag phenomenon is happening here as well 😳 and 😮 about those films being made into musicals! I’ve got to admit, I was half tempted to suggest back to the future as a West End family treat, but nothing is ever going to compare to the OGs and now we just want to watch those again! 🎥🍿 And thank you so much for flagging Jolene Edgar, totally going to check out her Substack – thank you.🤩
Reckoning with problematic ‘80s art that has such strong nostalgia attached is difficult but also really necessary and part of the reason I love doing this project. (And I don’t mean to be a hater re: Vera but I just can’t support it 🤪 ) Thanks as usual for reading , Jenni!
I actually think Vera is a bit different from what I was thinking/we’ve got here—but still the quilted/waffle-y vibe, so I do get it!! 😄 (Almost best kept to puffers!)
I am so thankful you are here to help us unpack all this colonizer supremacist bullshit from our tender and formative years! These are topics I don't bring up in therapy but, my god, the trauma we carry as non-white women is deep 🤯🤦🏻♀️
It’s a lot of unpacking! This one was hard because it is so ingrained in my happy childhood memories. But it’s okay to say I liked it then but I view it from a more enlightened and knowledgeable place now, and say goodbye.
Oh wow, so much to think about re Band Aid - thank you so much for this – like all Gen X Brits, I remember exactly where I was when the concert was live-streamed, had the 12 inch version of the vinyl, and now thinking back to the video ... On a lighter note completely, the quilted bag phenomenon is happening here as well 😳 and 😮 about those films being made into musicals! I’ve got to admit, I was half tempted to suggest back to the future as a West End family treat, but nothing is ever going to compare to the OGs and now we just want to watch those again! 🎥🍿 And thank you so much for flagging Jolene Edgar, totally going to check out her Substack – thank you.🤩
Reckoning with problematic ‘80s art that has such strong nostalgia attached is difficult but also really necessary and part of the reason I love doing this project. (And I don’t mean to be a hater re: Vera but I just can’t support it 🤪 ) Thanks as usual for reading , Jenni!
Vera Bradley was popular when I was like 16-17 it’s not cute to me now 20 years later! I saw the Wicked bags and felt surprised.
I’m sure it will stage a comeback in 2045 also
Omg Wicked has a ridiculous number of brand deals!
I actually think Vera is a bit different from what I was thinking/we’ve got here—but still the quilted/waffle-y vibe, so I do get it!! 😄 (Almost best kept to puffers!)
lol whew the resurgence hasn’t completely reached across the pond!
You didn’t even mention Ana’s bonkers story about her childhood hanging out with Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat!
I don’t even know how I’d describe that story in 5 words! That was 🤯 and then her kicker from his interview later!