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Popular Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

Maya Van Wagenen

2015 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

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No Stupid Questions

It was discussed as exploring the difference between two types of popularity, one being a social hierarchy and the other being more likable.

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Mitch Princeton's thesis here is that there's really at least two kinds of popular.

— Episode: 18. How Do You Raise a “Likable” Kid?

Episode: 18. How Do You Raise a “Likable” Kid?

It was discussed as exploring the difference between two types of popularity, one being a social hierarchy and the other being more likable.

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Mitch Princeton's thesis here is that there's really at least two kinds of popular.

And he wrote this book called Popular, Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships.

Episode: 18. How Do You Raise a “Likable” Kid?

Mitch Prinstein's book explored the concept of popularity, distinguishing between 'pecking order' and 'likable' popularity and suggesting that the latter is more beneficial in the long run.

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Mitch Princeton's thesis here is that there's really at least two kinds of popular.

Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships.

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

It was a WB show discussed as being formative for Chrissy, and a high school show with satirical elements that tackled topics like menstruation in a campy way, also referencing its release on DVD box sets.

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Popular, Ryan Murphy's show on the WB

— Episode: "Choices, Honey" (w/ Chrissy Shackelford...

Episode: "Choices, Honey" (w/ Chrissy Shackelford)

It was a WB show discussed as being formative for Chrissy, and a high school show with satirical elements that tackled topics like menstruation in a campy way, also referencing its release on DVD box sets.

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Popular, Ryan Murphy's show on the WB

It was this high school show With this like ridiculous satire But also like lived in the genre Of a high school show But then out of nowhere There's a character called like Mary Cherry She's from Texas And her mother is Delta Burke Her name is Cherry Cherry There's one episode where all the women Get trapped in a bathroom It's called Caged Because they're all on their periods So they're all episode Freaking out together Because they're all on their period And they all reveal their secrets Mary Cherry played by Leslie Gross Who's gone on to do nothing Which is a travesty I mean she pops up in some shows She was on What I Like About You That Dumb Amanda Byn Show That was on Friday She was like a friend They are all trapped Comes up with this like one girl had Webbed fingers and toes Like that was a story On the show And they treat it with like Such like Not cliche What's the word? Mmm Mmm Camp

I was a huge TV on DVD girl Remember when that was like a huge thing When TV shows got on DVD Me and my mom would watch that website Called TV shows on DVD Would have all the release dates for shows That would come out on DVD box sets That is what you got for Christmas and birthdays Is TV shows Yep At least for me I got the popular disc sets Season 1 And Season 2 I also watched it when I was on WB

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