No Mom, its not People Magazine. Its PBS!
In 1982, there was a bit of press about the ERA and the Fast for Justice; not a lot but some. The Los Angeles Times sent a reporter for a week. The local TV station carried nightly news about it. The biggest distribution was People Magazine. E.T. was on the cover. Mostly people had no idea where I had been those 6 weeks while in Springfield, Illinois fasting for the ERA. In fact some thought I had gone to a “fat farm,” as the weight loss was significant.
Last January I applied to “We’ll Meet Again with Ann Curry,” and when they contacted me in late February, I had forgotten. The process began with a long skype interview which was taped, ha ha, again, I had no idea. It isn’t that I am so humble, I am just used to the little pond and doing things which are often dismissed.
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When it was certain, when I was officially informed, I looked at the twitter account, the facebook page, the youtube channel. The number of views are nothing I ever imagined. This is home of Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, and Downton Abbey — holy guacamole. (Don’t mind noting the first girl muppet on Sesame Street was Zoe)
Public Broadcasting Service. I remember so well, telling my mom to buy People Magazine late June 1982. Such a magazine was not something she had bought before; but hey mom, this is PBS.
Originally published at www.onlinewithzoe.com on November 18, 2018.
