WP2: I Never Grew Up

My academic and professional path is full of creativity, imagination, and play. I get a lot of this from my childhood, and the pieces of media which defined it. Childhood inspires me both symbolically and quite literally. Last semester I even drew upon the feelings of childlike excitement and outlandish playfulness to create a card game called MIGHTY!:

For the first version of the game, I drew the card art on notebook paper as if a middle schooler did them in class. I approached the design with the mentality: What would 9 year old me think is fun?

This WP2 archive takes a look at a handful of my beloved childhood pastimes. I explore how they’ve affected me, both in my intellectual identity and holistic self.

WP2: I Never Grew Up

Works Cited

Cyberchase. Created by Sanda Sheppard, PBS Kids, 2002.

The Electric Company. PBS Kids, 2009.

Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. Created by Kate Taylor, PBS Kids , 2006.

Lien, Tracey. “No Girls Allowed.” Polygon, 2 Dec. 2013, www.polygon.com/features/2013/12/2/5143856/no-girls-allowed.

“Of All the Luck.” Cyberchase, season 1, episode 12, PBS Kids, 5 Feb. 2002.

Pokemon. “Pokémon Season 1: Indigo League — Opening Theme.” YouTube, uploaded by ThePokemonNetwork, 3 Jan. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKWiCMKKJg.

Sefton, Dru. “PBS Kids Go! Goes Bye-Bye as Colorful Branding Revamp Rolls out to Stations.” Current, 7 Aug. 2013, current.org/2013/08/pbs-kids-go-goes-bye-bye-as-colorful-branding-revamp-rolls-out-to-stations/.

Sharkey, Danielle. “Start of Decade vs. End of Decade.” Dani.s_doodles, Instagram, 29 Dec. 2019, www.instagram.com/p/B6q8oFZnqgZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.

“What the Research Says: Gender-Typed Toys.” NAEYC, www.naeyc.org/resources/topics/play/gender-typed-toys.