"She was very pretty,
no one said to the makeup bottles,
stolid soldiers on her vanity.
She wasn't very pretty,
no one ever said,
breaking the fourth wall
to the last star of the night."
A feminist trek through nineties nostalgia, the poems in Playing One on TV channel the hearts and minds of female TV characters, including Clarissa Darling, Patti Mayonnaise, and the girls of Bayside High School. A fun pop culture read that also explores deeper themes around girlhood, womanhood, and race.
"She was very pretty,
no one said to the makeup bottles,
stolid soldiers on her vanity.
She wasn't very pretty,
no one ever said,
breaking the fourth wall
to the last star of the night."
A feminist trek through nineties nostalgia, the poems in Playing One on TV channel the hearts and minds of female TV characters, including Clarissa Darling, Patti Mayonnaise, and the girls of Bayside High School. A fun pop culture read that also explores deeper themes around girlhood, womanhood, and race.