By Myron Medcalf. But, based on the response, you would have thought Prince or Will Smith had walked into the building. Once the kids found out, they — we — chased him into a classroom, where he stayed until our teachers could get everyone to calm down and back off.
In the pre-streaming era, you could never count on reruns in the TV world. So we all watched the same episodes at the same time and came back to talk about them at school the next day. But they also had another impact on my childhood: They shaped my perspectives on adolescent love.
Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski. Will and whoever he was dating that episode. Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper. Our goal with the Mary Ann Key Book Club — an ongoing partnership with Hennepin County Library, Friends of the Hennepin County Library and the Minnesota Star Tribune — has always been to encourage dialogue, new perspectives and the continued fight against racial injustice.
Books open our eyes to experiences we might not otherwise know because our families and social circles lack members of those communities who might be willing and able to convey them. But with our book club, we will center Petrus, her book, her story and the community she loves.
In the opening pages, Mabel, a young woman, discusses her love for a superstar that also details her journey to understand her sexuality. I found it at the thrift store last week when I was there with my mama, and I been sleeping next to Whitney every night ever since. But I feel like Whitney and I are connected in a special way for some reason.
