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I have been obsessed with Dorothy Zbornak, Blanche Devereaux, Rose Nyland, and Sophia Petrillo since I was a kid watching The Golden Girls with my mom. I don’t know that I understood 75% of the humor, but there was something about the bond between the ladies of the lanai that I found comforting even before I understood why it was funny that Blanche’s initials were B.E.D. or when Sophia’s sister said she hoped her marinara sauce never clung to her pasta. Sick burn, Aunt Angela! Rude, but sick.
Decades later there is still so little media that centers women of a certain age and portrays them in the fullness of their human experience the way The Golden Girls did, a show that feels so ahead of its time for daring to let these women be not just mothers, grandmothers, and widows, but women with vibrant social and sex lives doing life on their terms. I hope that when I, too, am of a golden age, I have friends with whom I can sit around eating cheesecake till the wee hours of the morning talking about love, life, loss, sexy times, workplace drama, and everything in between.
A friend recently gifted me a fantastic sticker of Rose flipping the bird over the “Stay Golden” text, which sent me in search of stuff to put the sticker in or on. It turns out there’s lots of great bookish Golden Girls swag out there, so I’m sharing some of that with you today. From bookmarks and stickers to totes and notebooks, I hope you find something here to make you laugh, make you smile, and remind you why these girls will forever stay golden.
Golden Girls Gifts for Readers
If you like your bookmarks of the clip-on variety, you can stay well-read and golden with this cute magnetic bookmark. $5
Each of the bookmarks in this Golden Girls-inspired set features an adorable illustration of a Golden Girl paired with one of her best lines. “Eat dirt and die, trash!” will simply never get old! $4+
Here’s a printable set of bookmarks that also pairs one Golden Girl with one of her most famous lines. “Flirting is part of my heritage!” is one of my favorite lines from my favorite episode (“The Case of the Libertine Bell”), which features a murder mystery with bookish references. So good! $3
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I couldn’t present you a list of Golden Girls goods and not include a Shady Pines reference. It’s a bookmark and a threat! $8
Sophia has some nerve judging our smutty reading habits when she’s been known to rent a ‘dirty movie’ herself! But I love this shady lady and thus this judgy bookmark. $4
