That's the slogan I remember from my childhood, watching Arthur, Kratt's Creatures (still quite the fan girl for Chris Kratt!) and ZOOM! on PBS Channel 8 here in Phoenix. What I want most for my daughter is for her to grow up in a world that still has space for--just that. For a kid to be a kid instead of a little, miniaturized, sexualized adult.
But before I get too high up on my horse here, I will return to the topic at hand.
PBS.
Know them. Love them.
This weekend, PBS hosted the first ever, inaugural nerd walk AZ at ASU’s homecoming (Go Sun Devils!). While typically your jock-cool-kid type affair, the homecoming parade was attended by all walks of Phoenician life this year—from cowboys to cheerleaders, from mathletes to football stars. And, of course, yours truly and the nerdlette-in-training.
Following behind the nerd-in-chief, decked in her sash and riding in a convertible smart car, of course, we chanted NERD! NERD! a la Revenge of the Nerds, passed out nerd candy, and generally enjoyed a dorky day out being social and doing physical exercise in the sun before noon (Woah. Maybe we aren’t such nerds, after all!)
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Most of the hundred-some nerd crowd wore their yellow PBS nerd shirts, but some tested out early Halloween costumes (us along with them). We had a little boy dressed as Batman, his brother wearing a Star Wars shirt and fringe vest with a cowboy hat (a space cowboy, get it? Brilliant!) and the center of the universe, a man with a black beret bedecked in dangling planetary orbs.
Baby, our friend Taylor, and I got an early run on our costumes for Monday. Since we are—among other things—huge nerds for the children’s show Avatar the Last Airbender (not the blue people), we sewed up some pretty awesome cos-play costumes. Taylor is a fire nation warrior, Dillon is Sokka, and I’m Katara. Baby Madi, of course, is….
The LAST AIRBENDER!
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