Join us this week as we talk about Dark Academia and its impression on storytelling, the romanticization of university culture, and start beef with the College Board.

Books Mentioned: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS by Sara Shepard, NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo, THE IVIES by Alexa Donne, Edgar Allen Poe, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde

Media Mentioned: The Queen’s Gambit (2020), Dead Poets Society (1989), Pale Blue Eye (2022), The Social Network (2010)

Video Games Mentioned: Nancy Drew Warnings at Waverly Academy (2009)

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