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Stephen King’s Carrie and the horror of girlhood

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Stephen King published Carrie in April 1974 at the age of 26. It began as a short story after King read an article suggesting that instances of telekinesis had been observed in girls in early adolescence around the time of menstruation. The novel tells the story of a debilitatingly shy, undeveloped teenage girl.

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Stephen King’s Carrie and the horror of girlhood

I first watched the film adaptation of Stephen King’s debut novel, Carrie, fittingly enough, at a sleepover with a bunch of adolescent girls I was half in love with and half terrified by. We were 12 or so. I didn’t know them well, and was still unsure about what sort of person I was trying to be (a mystery which would not be clarified for another decade and a half). They were popular and rich, daughters of doctors and businessmen, with shimmerin…

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