On this week's episode, Madeline and Marta discuss the movie Booksmart, a pro-gay, feminist, raunchy coming of age story. They both love this story of two super-smart teenage girls who clearly respect, love, and support each other. The lack of slut-shaming, fat-shaming, homophobia and other stereotypes makes the movie a unique entry into the teen comedy genre. Along the way, the Block women come back to the subject of sibling incest and other inappropriate relationships. They try once again to describe why generation after generation of teen girls seem drawn to those types of stories.

Works Discussed in This Episode

Booksmart (2019)

Pretty Little Liars (2010-2017)

Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews (1979)

Edgar Allan Poe