Dear Those Who’ve Had A Toothache,
First this, then that on le Insignia…
Ooh, aah!
Happy Friday players!
Love,
VF
🧡 The Very Famous Five 🧡
1. THIS ONE FIRST —> We here at Very Famous Inc. could not be more excited to present a new story by writer Rachel Pittman:
It’s about the idea stolen from Appalachian cloth sculptor Martha Nelson, it’s about Babyland General Hospital (renovated in the 80s from an old doctor’s office) in the North Georgia town of Cleveland, it’s about how you explain where you’re from to people who don’t get it and have their lil jokes about it, it’s about being from Appalachia, it’s about CABBAGE PATCH KIDS.
Rachel knocked it out of the frekain’ park! Also find more of her work in Bitter Southerner & Avidly and find her on Twitter at mtvscum. Photo credit to William McKeehan on Flickr!
2. Ok next up, IF YOU ARE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS…
TONIGHT, it’s Molly Wurwand time, it’s MILF time, it’s THNK1994 time at Junior High in Los Angeles (which, I learned from THNK1994’s new podcast ep featuring the always-hot, always-cool Jerz MILF Roz, is conveniently located across from the mall) 🐬🐬🐬
This is ripped from the above Instagram caption, but here’s what you can expect: 💄 Milfs by Molly Wurwand 💋scents by @basenote_bitch 💋an interactive vanity that shows you what you’ll look like as a Milf 💋 astroturf 💋IRL milf opening night doing a dramatic reading of Stacy’s Mom 💋 the world premiere of short film “M.I.L.F.S (My Imaginary Life For Someone)” by Molly Wurwand and Ryan McGlade💋 art 💋 and more!! 💋
I am so excited for Molly, who we interviewed back in January 2022, an interview that transpired into the business phone call of a lifetime where we talked about: Werewolf reborn baby dolls, JonBenét’s bedroom, the animatronic whales in Free Willy, pregnant Hooters waiters, The Bunny Museum, breastfeeding in Disney theme parks.
Here’s more about the show! It runs through June 11!
3. Really enjoyed this episode on paranormal romance on Fated Mates. They interviewed author Christine Feehan about how she got into writing paranormal romance, and below are some thoughts on the halcyon days of the genre in the early-mid (I think) 2000s:
Sarah MacLean 00:34:07 / #:
So, could you talk a little bit about that paranormal? I mean, I'm using paranormal now, respecting what you just said, but at paranormal as a subgenre of romance. During that boom, where it just felt... I mean, it just felt like everyone was writing these kind of big, expansive worlds with these heroes who were just larger than life and these heroines who just could match them step for step. What was going on there? Are you able to look back on that time and go, "Oh, this is why we were all doing this thing together." Or, "This was why readers were really drawn to us?"Christine Feehan 00:34:59 / #:
I think that different times call for different things. People are, at times, they need certain things in their lives, and they're looking for heroes and they're looking for things that make them happy. Unfortunately, I don't honestly know what's happening right now, where everybody seems so angry and weird with each other. It's so strange to me. I don't understand that, but I'm getting kind of old. But I think everybody's imagination was really big and everybody at that time really accepted it. And they went all out and readers were like, "Hey, what do you have for me? I'm willing to read it." And they went for it. So, I think that was a really good time, and people were in a good place. And as things started to crumble, the economy and whatever, then I think that things sort of went downhill.
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5. The Local Woman…this week, she’s launching a grief support group in Mount Airy, North Carolina, opening a T-shirt printing shop in Seymour, Indiana, experiencing pregnancy psychosis in Los Angeles, using past struggles as inspiration for her gospel music in Winnipeg, and winning Miss Indian World 2023 at Gathering of Nations powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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