[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

[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!