I probably came to MSCL later in my own life than most of the people who will weigh in here.  I sought out the series because I kept seeing references to this Rayanne Graff character and she sounded somewhat like a character I’d written.  After watching a few episodes, I realized my character does resemble Rayanne, but not so closely that it should ever be a problem. But what I found more interesting was how many of my friends resembled Rayanne way back in the 80s – and how many of my teen daughter’s friends show some semblance of Rayanne today. 

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  3:07 pm  |   June 14 2011   |  6 notes  

Rayanne Graff is a spastic blur of barrettes and braids in my childhood memory.

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  11:32 am  |   June 9 2011   |  5 notes  

seemorebanannafish asked: The writing and content on these posts are mind-blowingly amazing. I enjoy reading them so much. Please, please, please keep it up!

Glad you’re enjoying! And everyone else — please do continue to send us your submissions! We have so many great pieces and still want to hear what everyone else has to say! You can email us at therayanneproject[at]gmail or simply send us a post through the submit page.

  11:32 am  |   June 9 2011