[fandom] BSC in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

[escritoireazul]

"Fans grow up, stay loyal to the Baby-sitters Club".

It's a fun article, and the best part about reading the paper today.

One of my favorite lines: "Whether you're bossy like Kristy, shy like Mary Anne or diabetic like Stacey -- and everyone thought they were diabetic after reading about Stacey -- there's a match for each reader."

So true. Everyone did think they were diabetic because of Stacey.

I also like: [Matt] Zakozek even refers to character Mallory Pike's experience with infectious mononucleosis when discussing his own illness in his sophomore year. "She made it sound like some mysterious 19th-century disease," he said. It turned out not to be so romantic.

Comments

[lady-nebula.livejournal.com]

Are you, per chance, a member of babysittersclub? I saw that article this morning, and I loved it. That line, especially... I was convinced I was diabetic for at least 2 years. I also liked that they mentioned the BSC HEadquarters blog - I love that site!

[mistress-mab.livejournal.com]

I was convinced I was diabetic for at least 2 years.

I'm sorry, I've never read those books, but this had me laughing for at least five minutes. I had a similar experience with Lurlene McDaniel's books. I was convinced, the entire time I was in middle school, that I had leukemia. It was okay, though. I was going to go to cancer camp and die valiantly.

[ladyvorkosigan.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, I was so convinced I had leukemia. (And diabetes, of course). My mom was kind of shocked when she found that out a couple of years ago, and I tried to explain that it was okay because so was every girl my age in the entire country.

[mistress-mab.livejournal.com]

LOL Every time I'd get a bruise, LEUKEMIA, bleed after I cut myself shaving, LEUKEMIA.

Hell, I have all the symptoms NOW.

I should sue Lurlene McDaniel.

[escritoireazul.livejournal.com]

I didn't read McDaniel's books, but you guys have made me really happy with all your talk of childhood hypochondria. I had a double dose of the diabetes fear, from the books, of course, but also because my best friend had diabetes, so it seemed like it was everywhere!

[lady-nebula.livejournal.com]

One Lurlene McDaniel book, and I was DONE. Some girl's sister had leukemia (which narrows the book down to, oh... everything she ever wrote). I only remember one scene - the sister had a nosebleed in the middle of the night and she was covered with blood. Every nosebleed I ever got after that, I was convinced I was dying.

Diabetes AND leukemia... I was in bad shape.

[escritoireazul.livejournal.com]

I am, though I didn't see the post there until I went to post about it myself. It was a really nice surprise to open the paper and stumble on it, and the article was really cute.

I like that blog, too, but I keep forgetting to read it! I was happy to have a reminder.