Of course you did. Everybody did! I'm pretty sure Buzzfeed employs a person on a full-time salary whose sole job is to compile weekly lists of things we loved in the 90s, from Tamagotchis to Hey Arnold to Ring Pops. It was a beautiful time, when everything was neon and nothing hurt.
Some of the best 90s memorabilia -especially if you were a gender-conforming 11 year old girl - was the stationery. But, just for a moment, I want you to forget about Lisa Frank and the pointless gunk that was glitter glue (let's be real, that stuff's adhesive properties were nil).
Today I want to give a shout out to the one, the only, Squiggle Wiggle Writer*.
Otherwise know as My First Vibrator for adolescent girls everywhere.
"Banana" -really? The second most phallic word in the English language? |
If you didn't personally explore your young, burgeoning sexuality by holding a vibrating pen against your crotch while the rest of your family were downstairs watching The Wonder Years, that's okay, but I guarantee you know someone who did. Ask around. You'll see.
That its vibrating motor mechanism was identical to the one used in my current, grown-up, purpose-built vibrator was a joy. That it was inconspicuously sold in the stationery aisle was a godsend. And hey, the colourful gel pens that came with it were cool too. It was the quintessential gateway sex toy, and boy did it do a good job. It was also completely un-sexual and un-intimidating in its presentation, you quite possible owned it for months before realising its true potential, and it was most likely gifted to you, quite cluelessly, by some kid your mom made you invite to your birthday party. If only they knew that years after the ink had wasted, it would still be one of your prized possessions.
I wasn't sure if it still exists out there in the world, so I just took a quick look and found it on Amazon. It gets a solid 4 out of 5 stars, though according to the reviews, its real benefits seem to have gone unnoticed -at least by the parents.
Well, here's to you, Squiggle Wiggle Writer. You really helped me to take my love of stationery to the next level.
*Battery Not Included
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