Boo! Yes, Halloween has come and passed; but a good scare is always in season, so here’s my treat to you: a second Halloween blog post. This one is a special double feature for "What the Kids Were Watching." You’ll hear from Raf, my fellow podcast host (I swear, we are going to release the… Continue reading “Fright Night”: When Men Suck
“It”: The Fight for Your Life
Welcome to the first-ever Halloween post on What the Kids Were Watching. To celebrate the season of Pumpkin Spice Lattes (which I don’t like), maple-flavored things (which I also don’t like), and scary movies (which I mostly hate), I decided to write a few posts about scary movies. I’m not sure how many I can… Continue reading “It”: The Fight for Your Life
“Jumanji”: The Jungle Within
End up like a dog that's been beat too much 'Til you spend half your life just covering up. —Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the USA” When I decided to write a post about Jumanji, the most important thing to do was figure out how the three pieces of the puzzle — the book, the first… Continue reading “Jumanji”: The Jungle Within
“The Golden Girls”: With Friends Like These
“I’m much too young to feel this damn old.” — Garth Brooks “Sonny Bono, get off my lanai.” —Blanche Devereaux Last week, I bought a miniskirt for the first time in almost 20 years. (And for 30% off. Thanks, Madewell!) I bought it because I’ve been thinking a lot about the past, and unlike the… Continue reading “The Golden Girls”: With Friends Like These
“Catch-22”: Straighten Up and Fly Right
Milo: If I could take one of the planes this afternoon, I'd like to get this material over to Alexandria. There's huge cotton crop this year. Colonel Cathcart: Cotton? Milo: Yes, sir. Cotton is a particularly liquid commodity. Colonel Cathcart: How much? Milo: We'll trade for it, sir. Colonel Cathcart: With what? Milo: Silk! 4,000… Continue reading “Catch-22”: Straighten Up and Fly Right
“Chernobyl”: Going Nuclear
"What is the cost of lies?" --Jared Harris as Valery Legasov "Nobody speak, nobody get choked." --DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels I'm writing this around 12:30 at night. It's late, but not ridiculously late. Still an hour before the time of night when the Chernobyl disaster occurred, the startlingly simplistic 1:23:45, as if President… Continue reading “Chernobyl”: Going Nuclear
About WTKWW
Hi. My name is Sarah (Spanish pronunciation, yes even thought has an H). I’m an award-winning YA author and one of the two voices you’ll hear on the podcast "What the Kids Were Watching." If you grew up in the late 70s and 80s and watched the same movies again and again on HBO, if… Continue reading About WTKWW
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