I remember getting supremely creeped out by the whole concept, and most of my friends were, too. But you simply couldn't not read it. At the time, it was like an unofficial mandate among teen girls. When they eventually made it into a movie, I was just floored.

@avclub-cf4b19e32ce29fef04468ac9d2a6787d:disqus Holy shit - good call. Now when I watch that movie I'm gonna be thinking of Lil Wayne!

Oh, so that finally got an official release date?

We never passed that one around…in my middle school, it was all about the Flowers in the Attic books. Those used to get confiscated if you got caught with them, though.

@avclub-8592eea6b371944e23b80481c35b835a:disqus Correct on both of the above observations.
However, Red (Jordan's car) > The Tank (Mystik Spiral's van)

Can't leave out Steven Tyler and Lil Wayne (maybe Weezy's more freaky-lookin' than straight-up ugly, but he sure does give me the icks when I look at him)

@avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus Same here. I'm not sure why it's never been released on DVD but I'm dying to have it. I saw snippets of it on a loop when visiting a Henson exhibit at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta a couple (?) years back, and I wanted to just stand there and watch those…

It just delights me that someone mentioned Wallace Shawn.

Lidsville was one of those shows that freaked me out and captivated me in equal measure. The Kroffts were sort of like the David Lynch/David Cronenberg of my childhood.

Scholastic does still do the book sales thing in schools, but recently it's been in the forms of book fairs, rather than the old-school order forms. My kid enjoys going on a "shopping spree" for new stuff whenever the school has a book fair, and as a parent, it's nice to be able to see what you're paying for before…

Comparing Daria to My So-Called Life is like comparing apples to oranges. They both did a solid job of accomplishing their goals, but their goals were completely different. I can't say that I got personally attached to Daria as much as I did MSCL, though I could relate to both shows, to a certain degree. Best way I…

Jake was, is, and always will be the shit. I'm reading lots of negative critiques of the animation style (or lack thereof), but there was a certain grotesqueness about him visually that worked exceptionally well with his character. There were moments watching him - and also Mr. DiMartino, (Up)Chuck, and a couple of…

See, Forever was one of those books that my school library didn't allow. Granted, I was in elementary school when it came out and that book was definitely aimed at a slightly older audience. But I never saw it until a long while after I'd read all the more kiddie-oriented books like Sheila the Great, etc. So finding…

Oh man, Judy Blume. I remember seeing a copy of Wifey on my mom's bedside table, and eagerly flipping through it because I thought I'd found a new kids' book by one of my favorite authors. Being 10 at the time, I was thoroughly shocked both at Judy Blume and my mom. She had only just given me the "sex talk" about a…

Ummm…..I am a lady.

@avclub-1b1f9a3e639ecc53f335314fc9d8403b:disqus I can completely believe that.

Jeez…Ol' Mittens is reduced to celebrating his birthday with soda and cupcakes? What a shame. Thanks, Obama.

Please don't get me started on magazines that cater to a female
audience. I am a female myself, and I cannot understand how the fuck
they get away with that shit. In the more well-known men's mags, like
Esquire and GQ, you do get fashion and style articles, but you also get
substantive interviews, decent film and book…

Maybe she's just hinting that Taylor Swift should stick her head in an oven.

Well, "grown-up" and "mature" are two different things, to be sure. As you note, chronological age has nothing to do with it. Lots of immature adults out there, and it seems that TayTay is one of 'em.