Sunday, March 06, 2005
march 4
punky brewster
okay, okay, so punky brewster isn't a "woman", she's a "girl", and she isn't really a real person either but i always loved punky brewster when i was a little kid. and i started this in order to write about women who inspire me, interest me, etc. (they don't necessarily have to be "good" or "heroes" or whatever). i just think it's really sad that all of the history classes i've taken in my life and my knowledge of women's history is really really poor. because i know all of the great and not-so-great things women have done have really changed things. because we continue to change things every day. i just wish we didn't have to have things like "women's history month" or "black history month" because it should be "people's history year" all year round. end rant.
okay so more about punky and why i thought she was cool:
1. her name is punky. that's awesome. i remember on one episode she finally broke down and admitted her real name was penelope. i thought that was just as cool as punky.
2. she dressed so cool, can you believe it?! i had a punky outfit i wore on the first day of school. that was the same day that my mom came home from the hospital with my baby brother, who is now STARTING COLLEGE in the fall. out of control.
3. she was always so nice to everyone and so optimistic. i always wanted to be like that.
4. she always said/had "punky power!". i have "raedy power". most definitely.
5. i loved her friends (except for margeaux, ewwww). there was one episode where they were playing hide n seek and cherrie got in the refrigerator, and well she got stuck in there. then there was a public service announcement at the end about how you shouldn't try to hide in refrigerators. the other day snickers hopped up in the fridge while i was opening the door and i closed her in there. i was only gonna leave her a second just to maybe scare her a little to try to convince her not to go back in there anymore, but i immediately thought of that episode of punky brewster and opened the door back up. she seemed to like it in there but i told her how cherrie had said you shouldn't get in the refrigerator. i might be insane.
6. punky never discriminated against anyone. for any reason.
punky is awesome!
punky brewster
okay, okay, so punky brewster isn't a "woman", she's a "girl", and she isn't really a real person either but i always loved punky brewster when i was a little kid. and i started this in order to write about women who inspire me, interest me, etc. (they don't necessarily have to be "good" or "heroes" or whatever). i just think it's really sad that all of the history classes i've taken in my life and my knowledge of women's history is really really poor. because i know all of the great and not-so-great things women have done have really changed things. because we continue to change things every day. i just wish we didn't have to have things like "women's history month" or "black history month" because it should be "people's history year" all year round. end rant.
okay so more about punky and why i thought she was cool:
1. her name is punky. that's awesome. i remember on one episode she finally broke down and admitted her real name was penelope. i thought that was just as cool as punky.
2. she dressed so cool, can you believe it?! i had a punky outfit i wore on the first day of school. that was the same day that my mom came home from the hospital with my baby brother, who is now STARTING COLLEGE in the fall. out of control.
3. she was always so nice to everyone and so optimistic. i always wanted to be like that.
4. she always said/had "punky power!". i have "raedy power". most definitely.
5. i loved her friends (except for margeaux, ewwww). there was one episode where they were playing hide n seek and cherrie got in the refrigerator, and well she got stuck in there. then there was a public service announcement at the end about how you shouldn't try to hide in refrigerators. the other day snickers hopped up in the fridge while i was opening the door and i closed her in there. i was only gonna leave her a second just to maybe scare her a little to try to convince her not to go back in there anymore, but i immediately thought of that episode of punky brewster and opened the door back up. she seemed to like it in there but i told her how cherrie had said you shouldn't get in the refrigerator. i might be insane.
6. punky never discriminated against anyone. for any reason.
punky is awesome!
