Natalie Portman shares her love for the Baby-Sitters Club books

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In a very excited post, Natalie Portman shared that she received a copy of the BSC book "Kristy and the Walking Disaster," signed by the author herself, Ann M. Martin. Portman went on to say that she identifies as a Kristy, mixed with Stacey, and a dash of Dawn.




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Today was a VERY IMPORTANT day for me. I read every

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[zoaster_toaster]

The Californian in me immediately gravitated towards Dawn as a kid but in reality I'm probably more like Claudia and Mallory.

[joe_pwnz_pete]

Lmao I was born in California but raised elsewhere so I used to be all-in on Dawn's California adventures to live vicariously through her.

[rainstormraider]

I read these books because there was an Asian as a main character. That was life changing for a kid who only ever saw white people in the books I read.

So obviously I loved Claudia best.

[zoaster_toaster]

Claudia was arguably one of the best members of that group.

[felicityhaircut]

I read a few too bc Claudia was Asian but I couldn’t relate to her at all. She stressed me out bc she was messy and iirc, she was bad at school and kind of irresponsible? I forget, but nerdy me related more with the boring one (whomever that was). Oh and I was too intimidated by Claudia’s fashuns

[justrachna]

i can definitely understand this but i liked that claudia didn't fit into that asian model minority stereotype.

also i think the boring one was mary-anne? it's been a while since i read them lol

[sandstorm]

I never read these...but I read the little sister ones.

And someone said, "Karen grew up to be Lena Dunham" and you know what? That's true.

[zoaster_toaster]

OMG I SEE IT

[champagnexdream]

Omg lol insult to Karen. But I see it.

[onyxrose81]

OMG that’s so true.

[genbu_no_miko24]

I've never seen the movie but I loooooooved the tv series based off as a child!

[ladyserenity84]

I remember and loved the TV series myself. (I did see the movie as well, but it's been a long time.)

[fauxkaren]

As a child, I wanted to be a Stacey, but I knew I was a MaryAnne.

As an adult, I'm probably a bit of a Dawn.

[beesknees7]

As a child, I wanted to be a Stacey, but I knew I was a MaryAnne.

I feel this. Actually, if I'm being really honest a Mary Anne (sheltered, only child)/Mallory(glasses & braces-wearing, curly-headed, awkward mess) hybrid.

[artvandellay]

This is me on all accounts. Glad I grew out of of being a Mary Anne lol.

[misscrystal]

As much as I loved Jessie (what with her being the only black girl), I knew I was more like Mallory, with maybe a little of Mary-Ann tossed in.