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Is The Running Man My New Favorite Movie? Yes, Yes It Is.

By Chelsea SteinerJan 26th
The New American Girl Is Designed to Get Girls Into STEM (and Make Us All Feel Old)

By Jessica MasonSep 18th
Things We Saw Today: Netflix’s GLOW Returns With Its Cast Dancing Like They’ve Never Danced Before

By Teresa JusinoApr 18th
Thank You For Being a Friend, Golden Girls, and for Making Me Excited About Getting Older

By Teresa JusinoDec 26th
Revisiting Stand By Me: What a “Boy Movie” Taught Me About Emotions

By Teresa JusinoJul 5th
Everyone Is Playing With This 80s-Inspired Text Generator, Including Us

By Maddy MyersOct 5th
Things We Saw Today: Pokémon Go Player Hunted Down By Pikachu

By Teresa JusinoAug 26th
The Stranger Sex: Subverting Gendered Tropes in Stranger Things

By Kia GroomAug 21st
Things We Saw Today: Check Out This Amazing Stranger Things Fan Art

By Teresa JusinoAug 4th
Artist Behind Sweet Valley High Covers Takes Commissions, Makes Our Wildest Dreams Come True

By Teresa JusinoJun 3rd
The #80sXmen Hashtag on Twitter Is Full of Amazing Fanart of X-Men in 80s Clothes

By Jessica LachenalMar 12th
New Trailer for Netflix’s Fuller House Debuts on Ellen

By Teresa JusinoFeb 9th
Relive the Campy ’80s with this Knight Rider Car Charger

By Jessica LachenalJul 27th
The Rock Is Going to Star in a Film Based on the Arcade Game Rampage

By Jill PantozziJun 23rd
Nightmares For a New Generation: Kids React to Teddy Ruxpin

By Jill PantozziJan 20th
Get Ready to Sing the Blues: Adventures in Babysitting Is Getting a Reboot as a Disney Channel TV Movie

By Jill PantozziJan 9th
Travel to the Past in the Near Future on a Cruise That Takes You to the 1980s

By Dan Van WinkleDec 23rd
Gross: Honda is Using Jem, Skeletor, Strawberry Shortcake, & Stretch Armstrong to Sell Cars This Holiday Season

By Jill PantozziNov 14th
It’s Friday, So Here’s a 1989 Aerobic Video Perfectly Set To Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off”

By Victoria McNallyNov 7th
The ’80s Fan-Made Version Of Captain America: The Winter Soldier Has a LOT More Explosions, Somehow

By Victoria McNallyNov 7th