The shows we built our childhoods on are looking shakier and shakier.
If this blows up any more than it already has, Nickelodeon and the entire industry of child acting may finally land itself a #MeToo reckoning. But the question still stands: WhyThe answer might have to do with the nature of McCurdy’s story. Everything and nothing was normal about it. Not many people rise to her level of fame or are so deeply abused, but McCurdy’s narrative will feel familiar to anyone who has navigated poverty and trauma.
Taking advantage of the store discount at your dad’s retail job, tuning out screaming matches between parents, avoiding calls from debt collectors …is what childhood is like for millions of Americans. Like many, I recognized myself in her words. I, too, had an unpredictable, violent, controlling birth parent, and during weekly custody visits, I spent most of that time immersed in––you guessed it!––Nickelodeon.
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