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If you are an 80’s baby you remember the holy sacrament of the Saturday Morning Cartoons. Yes, that day after TGIF that was more exciting than the idea of unlimited mimosas on a bomb ass brunch menu. You just got your dose of Family Matters, Full House, Step by Step and wake up to the raddest line up of X-Men, Spiderman, Thundercats, and Jem and the Holograms! It was the best time of the week and for some, the most formative element of our lives, making us the nerds we are today. Kid’s today just don’t know what they are missing, before YouTube and making your own TikTok entertainment, we had to watch what was on. Yes, I am saying that like an elder also complaining about my knees and how I had to walk 10 miles in the snow to school (Growing up in New England that’s pretty much true). But I’m not here to talk about the differences between my childhood and kid’s today because, to be honest, this time is a dream for parents and their kids. Being an unofficial auntie I know I love sharing my childhood with my little niblings. This all came to be when I would wake up with my husband on Saturdays and Sundays, make breakfast, and have this internal feeling to watch cartoons. It was like ingrained in my soul. We find a current cartoon we love and would watch a few episodes in the mornings (or afternoons). We really started this with Avatar: The Last Airbender because we could not get enough of it, but it grew and grew and is the highlight of my weekend. But since it is now in my mus…
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Aisha Jordan
Aisha Jordan is an Actor, Writer, and Producer in new media with a B.A. from The New School and M.A. in Arts and Politics from NYU. She’s a Podcast Producer on I Love a Lifetime…
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