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CARRIE WROTE: Every year at the high school where I teach, many students’ interpretation of 80’s-wear on “Time Warp Day” makes me feel like I’ve been transported backstage at the filming of “Flashdance.”  Did we ever really dress like that?

Photo: By Steven Damron copyright

There are days when you forget you’re a Formerly, and then–wham!–out of nowhere, someone breakdances into your life to remind you.

I was on the northbound B train this evening, on my way from work to meet up with my husband, and three little kids with a tagged-up boom box got on at 34th Street. They were wearing track pants and do-rags and were preternaturally nonchalant for 8 or 10-year-olds. (more…)