Hello & welcome to the decade of my birth. I know I'm bias, but I sure do love the 90s. From magazine ads and photos clipped and tacked on my wall to my Walkman skipping on the bus ride home to my Lisa Frank notebook filled with cursive and multiplication problems. So hella cool. Also,… Continue reading The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1990s
Category: Movies & Television
Unconventional Halloween Movies
It's no secret that I am not a fan of horror or violent films. I don't mind creepy or sinister, but seeing people mutilate and harm other people isn't my cup of tea. But I freakin' LOVE Halloween. I love fake blood on the bathroom mirror, skulls on the mantel, bottles of ogre teeth and witches… Continue reading Unconventional Halloween Movies
RBG
On Monday night I watched the CNN airing of RBG. And since then, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it or her. Without knowing much about her, I already had massive respect for Justice Ginsburg. Now, having a little background on her life, I'm just blown away by the determination, strength, convictions, and… Continue reading RBG
The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1980s
When I'm a parent I imagine myself driving down the road, playing Fallout Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and The Academy Is albums (from the mid-2000s) for my kids. When I was a kid, my mom did this with 80s music. I'm not an huge fan of the general style but I feel like the… Continue reading The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1980s
The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1970s
Welcome back! I know I literally JUST said I wasn't going to be around much but this collaboration with Alexandra (and the Show Us Your Books link-up next week) requires my attention 🙂 This week we're exploring the 1970s. On the first Tuesday of the month, February through November, we're highlighting books & films from/about… Continue reading The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1970s
The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1960s
Welcome to the Sixties, friends. This is an era that gives me total anxiety. For being the birth of the whole "peace & love" movement, it's an incredibly violent decade. War and anti-war riots, violent sexual diseases and rampant drug use, Helter Skelter, the JFK assassination, etc. That's A LOT to take in a 10… Continue reading The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1960s
The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1950s
Hello! Fair warning- you will not find Grease on my list of recommendations. Welcome to the 1950s! While girls and boys were sipping on shakes in the malt shop the rest of the world was fighting in the Korean War, racing to space, and whispering behind closed doors about communism and capitalism. On the first… Continue reading The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1950s
