Heres to you Barb, you teenage dream in mom jeans.People are taking to Twitter to post pictures of themselves resembling Barbara Holland, AKA Barb, from Netflixs Stranger Things to prove how relatableand truly awesome the character is.None of you are Barb from Stranger Things because in middle school I truly was Barb from Stranger Things. pic.twitter.com/vYwCBD9pXd Andy Herren (@AndyHerren) August 5, 2016 Barb, played by Shannon Purser, is the quintessential 80s best friend. She wears thin-rimmed red glasses, plaid blouses and mom jeans before they were cool. She worries about losing her best friend, Nancy, to a cute, popular boy. She cant shot gun a beer to save her life.I'd like to thank my sister for doing this. (That was sarcasm) #WeAreAllBarb #BarbForever #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/PqP4FnIcMH Pandora Boxx (@ThePandoraBoxx) July 29, 2016 But shes sassy and has no problem calling out Nancy for wearing a new bra as they head to the aforementioned cute, popular boys house on a school night to party rather than studying for a chemistry test:Barb was the stick-in-the-mud that no one wants to be but everyone knows they are. #strangerthings #weareallbarb pic.twitter.com/1hql3jfk5b Claire Andreas (@claire_andreas) August 2, 2016 Barb is not a major character, but when she is on screen, her presence reminds many fans of their awkward high school days.Barb vibes from 1986. #WeAreAllBarb #StrangerThings @Stranger_Things pic.twitter.com/V9yy7Dnkqf allison (@bluelighttv) July 18, 2016 I think [Barb] is a style icon and captured geeky 80s girls perfectly, Liz Murdock, who posted a picture of herself looking a lot like Barb in high school on Twitter. Im a little younger, I was 9 in 83, but she still resonated.Sure, everyone's all #JusticeForBarb now, but apparently I was doing (sloppy) Barb cosplay in 1991 #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/OGqjMjklhi liz murdock (@lizardmurdock) August 7, 2016 Murdock is not alone in her affection for Barb. Since the show was released on Netflix on July 15, Barb has become a breakout cult favorite.Shes been hailed a style icon, shes sparked a flurry of fan art, GIFs and YouTube videos. A pizza place in Brooklyn has even named slices after her.Just started Stranger Things and oh my god Barb is me. I am Barb. pic.twitter.com/EIEqAN2vdV Danae (@danaeshell) July 24, 2016 There is also a hashtag on Twitter, called #WeAreAllBarb, which provides fans with a place to reminisce and post photos of themselves looking like Barb back in their nerdy younger days.#WeAreAllBarb. Seriously. Case in point: pic.twitter.com/B50PIPkXFd Lanna Lee Maheux (@lannalee) August 9, 2016 @Stranger_Things OK.... Who got into my 1980s pics'' Seriously, this is me.... #1981 or wait, is it Barb''' pic.twitter.com/JAIAbvSXg9 Jessica Baker (@JessieBakerBee) July 18, 2016 @NerdettePodcast this is me in high school, circa 1982-83. Am I NOT Barb' I think I am. pic.twitter.com/IrdiJpK2LU (((Kathy))) (@semibold) August 8, 2016 And some post pictures of their striking resemble to Barb today:I want to be Barb for Halloween, which is to say I want to be myself for Halloween. #WeAreAllBarb #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/lcttIAOKxn Malinda Markland (@malindamarkland) August 9, 2016 like 5 ppl have told me im barb so pic.twitter.com/NZviMM6bOH soph' (@sophdoucet) August 6, 2016 see y'all on halloween #WeAreAllBarb #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/pBpKCtsm2O em gore (@katebushvgore) July 27, 2016 Because, really, despite what pop culture has taught us, theres no shame in being a Barb.WHEN YOUR AUNT IS ACTUALLY BARB FROM STRANGER THINGS #WeAreAllBarb pic.twitter.com/iwpx1pRtWc Katie Kavanaugh (@Kaitlin_kav) July 28, 2016 The Barbs of this world (all of us) dont run away, wrote Brian Moylan on Vulture. We store up our resentment of the mainstream and then we go to college and move to a big city where we turn that resentment into creative magic in the fields of art, design, advertising, event planning, media, and possibly public relations if were not lucky.Well shot gun a beer to that! -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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