Talk:Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
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[edit] Popular Culture Reference
I remember a sitcom in the 90s that had this book as a subject to be guessed in a game of charades. It was humorously guessed very quickly. I don't remember what show it was on, Can anyone help me out?
[edit] Punctuation
The correct title to the novel is Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret with no comma between "there" and "God". Blume knows this is incorrect, but insisted to her publisher that there be no separation between God and Margaret.
[edit] "I must, I must, I must increase my bust..."
This saying, chanted by girls to physical exercise intended to achieve this result, is of far greater antiquity than a 1970's novel. I am told that young British women used to recite it during the 1940's. The full text is;
- "I must, I must, I must improve my bust,"
- "The bigger the better,"
- "The stronger the sweater,"
- "The boys are depending on us!"
The use of the term sweater indicates a reference to the "Sweater Girls" as some of the 1940's "Pin ups" were known. As such I shall amend the note in the article. LessHeard vanU 19:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Popular Culture Reference
It was featured in WB's Summerland in episode 1.05 - The Grass Is Green Than You Think. Nikki gets nervous during a make-out session with Cameron and so suggests that Cameron checks out the book. 79.72.75.137 20:30, 5 August 2007 (UTC) Maile Rose Midnight AKA Pookie.
[edit] New Catagory: Books with amended text
Someone who knows how should begin a new catagory, something along the lines of "Books with amended text" for books, like this one, that have changed text in later editions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.43.44.48 (talk) 11:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
