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My dear AndrewAndrew, the world’s greatest iPad DJ’s...

My dear AndrewAndrew, the world’s greatest iPad DJ’s and nattiest dressers in New York City (pictured here with the world’s cutest bondage dog) were kind enough to have me on their brand-new podcast to talk about Starstruck this week! You can hear the clink of champagne glasses and self-satisfied chortles should you choose to download free from iTunes, which I very much hope you will. DON’T DISAPPOINT ME. Here’s the link:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-andrewandrew-show/id545678108

Fashion, fashion, fashion! The top one is my Bat Mitzvah...

Fashion, fashion, fashion! The top one is my Bat Mitzvah (I’m in white.) The bottom one is obviously someone else’s. I’m in…well, I remember it being pink. Hot pink. With strong orange iridescent undertones. Like a fish.

My two favorite childhood activities: enjoying haute cuisine...

My two favorite childhood activities: enjoying haute cuisine while wearing a vest at the local mall; singing a song about the Holocaust.

My letter to my “Teen Self” (God help us all) is...

My letter to my “Teen Self” (God help us all) is going to be up on the wonderful site Dear Teen Me today, so I’ve decided to celebrate/punish myself by uploading some photos of the real teen me, for your viewing/snickering pleasure. I took myself very seriously, as you can see, and was fond of modeling various costumes and looks, many of which were refugee inspired. Please feel free to share your favorites, as though they were trading cards. Also, that picture of me with silver lamé draped over my head next to a pile of stuffed animals and a poster of the Hebrew alphabet tells you everything you need to know about my childhood.

I had a wonderful day doing the “Mike and Judy Show”...

I had a wonderful day doing the “Mike and Judy Show” on Heritage Radio with my friends and fellow authors Mike Edison and Judy McGuire. Here they are looking cool (note Judy’s Bloody Mary, doing its good works)  We talked about Starstruck, Hollywood, and very appropriately, Passover. I’ll post the link as soon as I have it, so you can hear it all, including the part where I am loudly chewing a Kosher for Passover chocolate macaroon. (Do you ever look in the mirror and realize you’ve become your great-grandmother?) Like Nora from “A Doll’s House,” I love macaroons. The phrase “Judyism” was coined, and afterward we walked out into the Bushwick sun, where I purchased this framed photograph of two very important stars, Gilda Radner and John Belushi. In the picture, I am attempting a solemn face. Unfortunately, I did not succeed. This is why I never made it as an actress.

Podcast Interview with MOI at Tablet Magazine!

Podcast Interview with MOI at Tablet Magazine! :

All about all things “Starstruck,” with the great Wayne Hoffman. Enjoy!

SPOILER ALERT

SPOILER ALERT:

Just had to share this RARE footage Margo, Amanda and Gabby 40 years hence.

"When it comes to movie stars, the standards seem to stretch and shift more easily than they do for..."

“When it comes to movie stars, the standards seem to stretch and shift more easily than they do for the rest of us. We’re apt to excuse the simply bad deeds of the rich and famous, and try to forget altogether the atrocious ones. We celebrate celebrities’ normal life milestones (giving birth, getting married) with a strange kind of fervor, and somehow when an actress picks up a box of Oreos or pushes her toddler on a swing set, it’s infinitely more exciting than if we’d done it ourselves. (Which is perplexing, as in only one of those scenarios do we actually end up with the Oreos.)”

- Carrie Neil, ”Stars Are Just Like Us: On Christine Sneed and Celebrity Disparity” (via millionsmillions)

yourathenaeum:In honor of Women’s History Month, here are ten...

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly


Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson


Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi


Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan


The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman


The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis


The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly


Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata


Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein


The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

yourathenaeum:

In honor of Women’s History Month, here are ten YA books that look at history through the eyes of young women.

Great choices. I wonder if anyone remembers “Pearl in the Egg” about the medieval minstrels? I was nuts about that book.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?

Yarn.