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princesssarisa · 1 day

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Reading advice for writers on how and how not to write Jewish characters, and looking back on my '90s childhood, I think there were at least two shows that had pretty good representation.

First of all, Rugrats.

Yes, Tommy Pickles' family is interfaith, and they celebrate Christmas and Easter. But it never comes across as just an excuse to make Tommy "goyische in all but name." His Jewish grandparents are prominent, funny, likable supporting characters. The original show had a Passover special and a Hanukkah special, and more recently, the CGI reboot had a Purim special. Nor, if I remember correctly, does the family practice any Christianity apart from the holidays. Instead of being Christians with just a few token Jewish trappings, this interfaith family is basically Jewish except that they celebrate Christmas and Easter in secular ways. And apparently (though I've only read about it), the sequel series All Grown Up has the 11-year-old Tommy explicitly identify as Jewish, not half-Jewish... as he should, since his mother is the Jewish parent.

Also, coming from an interfaith family myself, I loved the fact that Tommy was "like me." And I love the mere fact that, even within an interfaith context, the show has the protagonist himself be Jewish rather than a supporting character. Especially because the supporting cast includes Chuckie Finster, a red-haired, glasses-wearing, nebbishy, neurotic boy – yet he's not Jewish, while protagonist Tommy, who has none of those traits, is.

Then there was The Puzzle Place, a PBS puppet show that revolved around six friends of different ethnicities, which included a Jewish girl, Jody. I think it did pretty well where she was concerned.

The show's holiday special pointedly averted the "Jewish character celebrates Christmas with their friends because it's fun" trope. Besides teaching her friends about Hanukkah, Jody also made it clear that she didn't celebrate Christmas and didn't want to, and she resisted her Norwegian-American friend Ben's attempts to "help her" join in the Christmas festivities. Another episode, revolving around different kinds of bread in different cultures, took place at Passover and had Jody unable to eat the fry bread that Apache boy Skye brought for everyone to try. A lesser show might have had her break down and have some in the end, but she didn't, she just agreed to try some the next time he brought it. She also explained Passover to the other kids, gave them all matzo to taste, and even sang the hamotzi before they ate it. In another episode, where the theme was "growing up," she told her friends about b'nai mitzvah, and in another, which was about dealing with death, her dad talked about sitting shiva. Yet her Jewishness didn't define her either; other episodes where she was the protagonist dealt with universal issues, like facing a bully or coming to terms with her parents' divorce.

These are things you don't see in every kids' show.

#judaism #jewish #children's shows #television #'90s nostalgia #rugrats #the puzzle place #nickelodeon #pbs #cartoon #puppet show #representation

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specific90saesthetics · 11 months

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#'90s aesthetic #'90s nostalgia #1990s #90s #'90s #kurt cobain #nirvana #juergen teller #90s music #90s photography #1991 #'90s aesthetics

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vhsdetritus · 10 months

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#'90s aesthetic #'90s aesthetics #'90s nostalgia #1990s #90s #'90s #mtv #top 20 video countdown #chris farley #david spade #bob odenkirk #tommy boy #90s music #90s music videos #90s television #90s comedy #vintage mtv #1995

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tymime · 8 months

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Anyone here like kidcore?

#kidcore #my art #music #my music #nostalgia #childhood #'90s #'80s #2000s #'80s nostalgia #'90s nostalgia #2000s nostalgia #electronica #toys #Youtube

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allwhiterain · 5 months

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Matthew Lillard and Angelina Jolie as “Cereal Killer” and “Acid Burn” in Hackers (1995)

#matthew lillard #angelina jolie #hackers #throwback #movies #film #fashion #90s #90s movies #nostaliga #90s icons #90s nostalgia #t4t #gender #90s films #90s aesthetic #90s fashion

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catchymemes · 1 month

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#funny #lol #haha #humor #meme #memes #dank memes #dark humor #tweet #twitter #nostalgia #90s

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happyheidi · 1 month

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#cus I’m in a cozy Winnie the Pooh vibe #it’s raining outside and I’m laying here relaxing #my brothers visiting #it’s a nice little Easter #hope everyone’s good <3 #cottagecore #winnie the pooh #cartoon #90s #nostalgia #nostalgiacore #cozycore #cosycore #sleepy #cozy

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eddiezpaghetti · 3 months

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Cassette Crash Course

Hey, I made something for you Stranger Things fic writers who have never seen an audiocassette in person before.

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It's mostly unscripted (I've got some notes for the second one but the first one is kind of rambly) and totally unedited (I was deliberately going for low-effort because to be maybe a little too honest I was tired and depressed in both of these but it was still something I wanted to do so I worked through it) but...

I made you guys a couple of videos where I talk about audiocassettes (and touch on a few things like VHS tapes and video rental places and just...stuff that really helps to know if you're writing fanfiction (or even original fiction) set in the '80s.

If you want to write without doing research, like if you're just here to have low-effort fun without thinking too hard, I'm definitely not going to judge you for that. Look how low-effort these videos are. The important thing is that you're having fun.

But if you're like me and you WANT to do research for these things but have trouble finding information? This is for you guys. I even brought out my cassette collection as a visual aid.

Also, there's no rule that you have to ship the same shit I do to get something out of this. For instance, I ship Steddie. You ship Hellcheer? This is for you, too. I ship Byler, but I'm not gatekeeping Mileven writers from using this. I'm not even gatekeeping other fandoms. You wanna write Reddie from It? Rymin from Infinity Train? Original fiction? This might help you, too. While it's catered to Stranger Things, that only really comes up a few times. Most of it is just general tape info spoken into a low-quality laptop microphone while my heater goes off every five minutes in the background.

Also, I'm open to answering questions or, like, taking clearer pictures of things if you need them. I know the laptop webcam isn't exactly high definition.

Hope this helps at least someone. Happy writing.

#stranger things #'80s nostalgia #'90s nostalgia #writing reference #I know no one cares about my face but it was genuinely easier to do it from this angle.#I wanted to have it just be a shot of my hands but the idea of setting up mirrors to see my screen from that angle?#Ugh. Too much effort for something I didn't want to spend much effort on in the first place.#I was VERY tired making BOTH of these.#Gotta use the spoons on other things y'know?#Youtube

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throwbackblr · 2 months

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