The crew is diving into the cringiest, angstiest, messiest parts of teenage life in this episode of the pod, which covers the LGBTQ coming-of-age novel by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. We also have a special guest from our own teenage years joining us -- our friend since middle school, Betty! We dig deep into the book's themes of love, vulnerability, complicated family dynamics, and toxic masculinity (our favorite topic). We also discover our first manic pixie dream guy and reminisce about our own embarrassing adolescent moments. 

Content warning: The book, and as a result this episode, includes mentions of violent homophobia. Below are timestamps for those mentions, if you'd rather avoid them: 

8:15-8:35

26:12-26:18 

31:10-31:17

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Theme song by Ella Rowen

Elevator Music bossa nova background music ( Version 60s) by Lesfm via Pixabay

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