tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497870291328657046.post2240907067868114396..comments2023-03-25T08:28:36.834-04:00Comments on Mixing Pop With Politics: I Signify*CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14862352684188771553noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497870291328657046.post-57818435755563072642012-02-23T11:14:16.986-05:002012-02-23T11:14:16.986-05:00I'd say that "Blossom" has become a ...I'd say that "Blossom" has become a punchline to a certain kind of joke, like in the Simpsons episode where Lisa reinvents herself by "losing" her luggage on vacation so she can buy all new stuff (Milhouse: It's Lisa! And she looks like Blossom! Meaning, you know, the dork thinks she's a goddess...).<br /><br />I'd say Mayim and Blossom are both cool women, but on the show? She was quirky, did her own thing, resisted the typical tween/teen girl thing. So she wasn't a NERD like Urkel, but I would guess she'd be seen as weird or a little dorky by her mainstream TV peers.<br /><br />NERD vs DORK is a whole nother thing, right? But remember, this is all fictionalized life pre Riot Grrl, pre Internet, and I don't think we can discount the impact both have had on youth culture, "nerds" and "dorks," and GIRLS AND WOMEN.<br /><br />Can you make a post about Blossom and THE PERIOD? I want details. And analysis. AND LUNA.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14862352684188771553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497870291328657046.post-1896563972254983302012-02-22T12:09:17.412-05:002012-02-22T12:09:17.412-05:00I was really into Mayim as a kid, I think because ...I was really into Mayim as a kid, I think because she played the young Bette Midler in Beaches. I was obsessed with Blossom. I taped the pilot episode on my VCR (the one where Blossom gets her period) and watched it over and over, longing for the day when I, too, would menstruate. <br /><br />Do you know if Blossom was meant to be, or commonly thought to be, a dork? Because my kid self (who was a couple of years younger than she was) thought she was SO SO SO cool. I definitely read Urkel as a dork, however, but I think they were much more explicit about him being a dork on the show.Luna Lovegodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365540341793263726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497870291328657046.post-12730449376161542412012-02-22T11:10:00.364-05:002012-02-22T11:10:00.364-05:00oh, and "this is true" is about CHEEEEEE...oh, and "this is true" is about CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE. which i want. immediately. this is also problematic and of deep philosophical import.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14862352684188771553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497870291328657046.post-17618478113490319602012-02-22T11:09:25.099-05:002012-02-22T11:09:25.099-05:00this is true.
do we want to think about the 80s/9...this is true.<br /><br />do we want to think about the 80s/90s and the blossoming (HEY-O!) of the "IDENITY CATEGORY-NERD" hyphen? "girl nerd" blossom. "black nerd" urkel. are they really "nerds" if they are hyphenated, or something else showing the racialized and gendered limits of the original (derogatory) category?CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14862352684188771553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497870291328657046.post-62337611471574148042012-02-22T11:04:33.355-05:002012-02-22T11:04:33.355-05:00Catchphrases about cheese are always relevant. Fac...Catchphrases about cheese are always relevant. Fact.jrmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493330269418305802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497870291328657046.post-24453215526704437802012-02-22T10:59:56.372-05:002012-02-22T10:59:56.372-05:00Actually, the GIMCP song is deeply relevant to wha...Actually, the GIMCP song is deeply relevant to what I'm trying to say. Guess I was being, you know, arch?CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14862352684188771553noreply@blogger.com