Out On A Lim, YAL!

In this episode, we discuss the narratives of two transgender teens in the texts Luna and Felix Ever After.

In this episode, we discuss the texts Ghost Boys by Jewel Parker Rhodes and Cold Bath Street by A.J. Hartley. In both texts, the protagonists are each young adolescent boys who find themselves navigating their way in the space between their death and what comes next, all while exploring their purpose.

In this installment, we discuss Gold Moldavsky's "Kill the Boy Band," One Direction, and the use of social media in creating the Directioners fan community.

In this episode, we incorporate insights gleaned from the likes of Turner and Tully into our discussion of characters represented in particularly feminist (or post-feminist) texts. In the movie Booksmart, Molly and Amy, the quintessential "best friends forever," are two high school seniors one day before their graduation. Molly is a great example of what Tully calls "trainwreck feminism." In Sylvia Plath's roman å clef, The Bell Jar, Esther is a vivid illustration of how Friedan's "Problem With No Name" may have started for many women.