Such a Fun Age is a story contrasting who we are as individuals against the role society has cast us to play. It follows Emira Tucker, a black 25-year-old who feels she's failing at adult life, and her white 30-something boss Alix who teeters around her own looming failures. As the two make efforts to dissolve their differences, a shocking realization shows the futility of doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Toni Morrison’s classic short Sula is about life coming of age in a town where a dream can only go as high as the bottom and where who you want to be is more important than who you are.
Before diving into this haunting story, we discuss our own friendships and try to find an answer to the question, “What makes a real friend?”
CW/TW: We’re covering Catch and Kill, a book that goes into detail about the allegations made against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein. These allegations involve sexual assault, including rape. If you think this subject may elicit a harmful emotional response within you — please don’t listen. Take care of yourself. ♡
Catch and Kill is the story of how big media and Hollywood worked together to protect a disease while simultaneously silencing victims. It unveils, in detail, what one group of reporters did to bring down the system, and it names those who stood in their way.
Before reviewing Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow, we provide some practical tips on what to do if you’re ever sexually harassed at work...
Elizabeth Bennet knows a thing or two about shame. Her mom’s a gold-digging cow and most of her sisters are attention-seeking idiots. Will these lame lilies ruin Lizzy’s only shot at true love?
Before diving into one of the most talked-about books of 2019, we discuss sadistic siblings. Who's to blame when a kid goes bad? And have you heard of the Han twins? Allow us to serve up a little true-crime for your mind. A little Serial with your cereal.
In this week's book, a Nigerian woman whose sister has an inconvenient habit must decide where her loyalty truly lies. Will she continue to protect her sister, no matter the cost, or will she finally free herself?
Have you ever had to cut someone out of your life? No phone calls, texts, and your friends know not to invite both of you to the same event? Why do we feel the need to extract certain people out of our lives? Is cutting people off healthy? Or is it immature? What if the toxic person is a member of our family?
This week, our theme is inspired by Educated, a memoir by Tara Westover. Tara didn’t have a birth certificate until she was nine years old and she didn’t see her first classroom until the age of 17. It’s like The Village by M. Night Shyamalan, but interesting.
A showdown eventually forces Tara to choose between a life without her family or most certain death by their hands.
We’re not exaggerating. It got real, real quick.
This week, we're featuring the most Orwellian book we’ve ever read, Animal Farm. It’s hard out here for a pig, ya’ll. In this classic allegorical story, the animals take over their farm only to learn domination is a downer, no matter who wears the pants.
Kari gets trapped in a Parisian hotel, Alexis ignores emergency alerts sent from the toilet, and A.J. Finn lies his way into a two-book/movie deal — ALLEGEDLY, ALLEGEDLY! The theme of the week is Agoraphobia and How to Feel Safer in Public Spaces. We talk about feelings of anxiety in the age of terror and how all of us can take practical steps to be safe and sound wherever we go.
We then dive deep into The Woman in the Window, A.J. Finn’s runaway bestseller. Like your ex, A. J. Finn, real name Daniel Mallory, has something to hide, and he’s burying his secrets in lies, fibs, and untruths — ALLEGEDLY! If only we knew the password to his cell phone. If. Only.
For our first official episode, we’re getting real about loneliness and depression. What battles have we personally had with both, and what do the experts recommend for coping? This theme is inspired by our featured book Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. It’s the best-selling novel of 2019, and we’re going to break it all the way down before giving our final verdicts.
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