I wrote about my kind, funny childhood friend Michelle Trachtenberg, and the group of friends that saved my life when I was a kid.
https://www.vulture.com/article/mara-wilson-essay-child-actress-michelle-trachtenberg.html
https://www.vulture.com/article/mara-wilson-essay-child-actress-michelle-trachtenberg.html
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And just a reminder, freelance writers have no say over what is or isn’t behind a paywall.
Today, we need you.
I need your support.
I need your prayers.
This may be our last appeal.
We don’t know if these are our final moments
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Also, I knew about the bullying from what she posted on instagram years ago, but I didn’t know about the horrible names they gave her. Kids are mean.
please repost my post please 🙏
I acted as a kid too on a smaller scale, but experienced many of the same things. I met my best friend when we were 11 and she saved my life too. We are still very close. I wouldn’t know what to do without her.
I am sorry that Michelle is lost to us. So much love to you. 💜
I grew up watching her and always thought she was the coolest. Seeing her on "Pete & Pete" gave me permission to develop my own style, and "Harriet" made me a writer. I dressed as Nona Mecklenburg for my partner's birthday in December, cast and all.
I owe her a lot.
Thank you.
She was a large part of my childhood and teens with Inspector Gadget, Buffy and Euro-Trip.
39 was unbelievably too young and too soon.
Condolences to her family and friends who knew her best.
RIP
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Truly a tragic loss. The entire world is impoverished without her in it.
My condolences.
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(and it confirms a longstanding question I've had regarding whether or not Michelle knew the boys taped up in Beth Ellen Hansen's locker in HARRIET THE SPY so thank you for that too.)
Being a nerd, I was a fan of Harriet The Spy and Matilda as books before the movies were made.
To this day, they are the 2 book-to-movie adaptations that still feel true. It's apparent now, that was in part due to casting authentic kids.
Please help 😭 🙏 😢
the work you all did was my safe space as a kid. I'm so grateful for all of you
I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️🩹
I am so damn sorry she’s gone and so grateful you had each other 💜💜
Losing Michelle felt so personal it’s hard to explain 💜
I'm sad that she's gone, and so sorry you lost such a wonderful friend 💕
I can’t help noting similarities with the certitude that certain folks have around girls/women being “mean/bitchy/narcissistic” even though all folks who actually know them attest to kindness.
You write beautifully.
#peace & #love from Ottawa, CANADA
The first few paragraphs are very familiar to me - we are about the same age and Harriet the Spy was very much the cool older girl I wanted to be.